The biomimetic property of gas-sensitive films for odorants constructed by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique

Dynamics of viscous amphiphilic films supported by elastic solid substrates

“…Measurements of the properties of thin adsorbed films have long constituted an important subfield of interface studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Scientific and technological applications of thin films, such as Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], self-assembled monolayers (SAM) [21], and protein monolayers and multilayers [22,23], have stimulated detailed studies of the physical properties of such structures. With these model systems it is possible to construct multilayer amphiphilic films with controlled monolayer thickness h j 25 Å, and to create situations leading to different couplings between the adsorbed film and the chemically modified substrate [12][13][14][15][16].…”

“…With these model systems it is possible to construct multilayer amphiphilic films with controlled monolayer thickness h j 25 Å, and to create situations leading to different couplings between the adsorbed film and the chemically modified substrate [12][13][14][15][16]. Specifically, measurements of the surface density and viscosity of these films are important, both scientifically and, for example, as regards their possible application in acoustical biosensors in which they can serve as sensitive elements [13,16,18,19].…”

“…Specifically measurements of surface density and viscosity of these films are important both scientifically and, e.g., with respect to their possible application in acoustical biosensors in which they can serve as sensitive elements [13,16,18,19].…”