Efecto de estabilización mecánica del agua en un sistema tipo membrana

Matteo Castronovo1, Fouzia Bano, Simone Raugei

  • 1Physics Department, University of Trieste, P. Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.

Resumen

La resistencia mecánica de las monocapas autoensambladas (SAM) terminadas en hidroxilo a la penetración de la punta del microscopio de fuerza atómica (AFM) es mayor en el agua que en el 2-butanol. Este efecto dependiente del disolvente, observado en SAMs hidrófilos, se atribuye al ordenamiento estructural inducido por el disolvente en la interfaz.

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