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Abstract. We present Monte Carlo simulations of a coarse-grained model for Langmuir monolayers of amphiphile molecules on a polar substrate. The molecules are modelled as chains of Lennard-Jones beads, with one slightly larger end bead confined in a planar surface. They are simulated in continuous space under conditions of constant pressure, using a simulation box of variable size and shape. The model exhibits a disordered phase (corresponding to the liquid expanded phase), and various ordered phases (corresponding to the condensed phases) with different types of tilt. We calculate the phase diagrams and characterize the different phases and phase transitions. The effect of varying the chain stiffness is also discussed.

Temperature-dependent morphology evolution of the submonolayer clusters grown on fcc metal (110) surfaces J.Morphology and thermochromic phase transition of merocyanine J-aggregate monolayers at the air-water and solid-water interfaces Constant pressure Monte Carlo simulations of a coarse-grained off-lattice model for monolayers of amphiphilic molecules at the air-water interface are presented. Our study focuses on phase transitions within a monolayer rather than on self-aggregation. We thus model the molecules as stiff chains of Lennard-Jones spheres with one slightly larger repulsive end bead ͑head͒ grafted to a planar surface. Depending on the size of the head, the temperature and the pressure, we find a variety of phases, which differ in tilt order ͑including tilt direction͒, and in positional order. In particular, we observe a modulated phase with a striped superstructure. The modulation results from the competition between two length scales, the head size, and the tail diameter. As this mechanism is fairly general, it may conceivably also be relevant in experimental monolayers. We argue that the superstructure would be very difficult to detect in a scattering experiment, which perhaps accounts for the fact that it has not been reported so far. Finally the effect of varying the chain length on the phase diagram is discussed. Except at high pressures and temperatures, the phase boundaries in systems with longer chains are shifted to higher temperatures.

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