A crystalline langmuir monolayer designed as a template for selective intercalation of water soluble α-amino acids

Coralie Alonso, Richard W. Gurney, Ran Eliash, Seok Cheol Hong, Yuen Ron Shen, Torben R. Jensen, Kristian Kjaer, Oleg Konovalov, Meir Lahav, Leslie Leiserowitz

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Abstract

Cholesteryl-L-glutamate (CLG) thin films were investigated when deposited on pure water and on saturated solutions of water soluble amino acids, to test the capacity of the CLG monolayer to recognize and incorporate amino acids from the subphase. Analysis of grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements indicates that the hydrophobic amino acids, leucine, isoleucine, and valine, are adsorbed between the glutamate moieties, within the CLG crystalline monolayer, but also around their domains, forming, for L-Leu and D-Val, crystalline bilayers. The presence of Cu2+ ions in the aqueous subphase enhances the crystallinity of the CLG monolayer without overly affecting the lateral packing, by bridging glutamate moieties on neighbor molecules. When amino acids are injected in a Cu2+ containing solution, the domain size of the mixed monolayers formed with the CLG molecules and hydrophobic amino acids is drastically increased.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)683-690
Number of pages8
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Sept
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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