@article{ReicheKnochenhauerBarberkaetal.1995, author = {Reiche, J{\"u}rgen and Knochenhauer, Gerald and Barberka, Thomas Andreas and Geue, Thomas and Pietsch, Ullrich and Brehmer, Ludwig and Hodge, P. and Tredgold, Richard H.}, title = {In-plane structure of perfluorotetra decanoic acid Langmuir-Blodgett films and films formed by vacuum deposition}, year = {1995}, language = {en} } @article{KnochenhauerReicheBarberkaetal.1995, author = {Knochenhauer, Gerald and Reiche, J{\"u}rgen and Barberka, Thomas Andreas and Woolley, Martin and Tredgold, Richard H. and Hodge, P. and Brehmer, Ludwig}, title = {Do perfluorianted chains always have to be twisted?}, year = {1995}, abstract = {Short perfluorinated cabon chains do not take on helical structure when they are closely packed}, language = {en} } @article{KnochenhauerPenacoradaReicheetal.1999, author = {Knochenhauer, Gerald and Penacorada, Florencio and Reiche, J{\"u}rgen and Brehmer, Ludwig and Tredgold, Richard H. and Barberka, Thomas Andreas}, title = {Multilayers of perfluorinated fatty acids}, year = {1999}, abstract = {We have formed Y layers of perfluorododecanoic acid CF3(CF2)10COOH by thermal evaporation in vacuo and of perfluorotetradecanoic acid CF3(CF2)12COOH by thermal evaporation and by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. We have obtained the bilayer spacing of both these materials by X-ray diffraction and have also studied the in-plane structure of these materials by means of grazing incidence diffraction (GID). Computer modelling was used to interpret the results obtained. For the perfluorododecanoic acid, we find two stable untwisted phases at 25°C and a combination of these two predicts both the Bragg peaks arising from the layer structure and the GID results. Our experimental results show that the perfluorotetradecanoic acid exists in the generally accepted helical structure. Computer modelling leads to the conclusion that closely packed perfluorinated chains with 12 or less carbon atoms should exist in an untwisted state while molecules having more than 12 carbon atoms show the onset of the helical conformation.}, language = {en} }