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Effect of pH on monolayer properties of colloidal silica particles at the air/water interface

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Monodisperse colloidal silica particles were prepared by the Stöber method and hydrophobized by grafting a silane coupling agent, octadecyltrimethoxysilane. Two different types of silica particles, i.e., hydrophilic and hydrophobic silica particles were spread at the air/water interface to form the Langmuir monolayers. Monolayer properties of those particles were investigated by measuring surface pressure–area (π–A) isotherms at different subphase pH. At pH above the isoelectric point (IEP) of silica, as pH increased the π–A isotherms for the hydrophobic particles slightly shifted to larger surface area whereas those for the hydrophilic particles showed a reverse trend. At pH below the IEP, the π–A isotherms for both types of particles shifted to much larger surface area with different shapes. In order to analyze the π–A isotherm results further, the time dependence of π was examined. When pH is above the IEP, the π for the hydrophilic particles significantly decreased with increasing time and it did more at higher pH. On the other hand, the decrease in π for the hydrophobic particles was insignificant regardless of pH. For both types of silica particles, the decrease in π was minimal at pH below the IEP. These results were discussed in terms of particle desorption into the water subphase and interparticle electrostatic repulsion which is directly influenced by zeta potential.

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This work was supported by the Dongguk University Research Fund in 2011.

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Park, S., Lee, HB. Effect of pH on monolayer properties of colloidal silica particles at the air/water interface. Colloid Polym Sci 290, 445–455 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-011-2553-2

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