In the second half of the 20th century, scientists have been attracted to the design of thin solid films at the molecular level because of their potential for applications in the fields of biology and medicine. Two techniques dominated research in this area: Langmuir–Blodgett deposition and self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). Both Langmuir–Blodgett deposition, invented by Langmuir and Blodgett, a...

The applicability of azopolymers in optical storage can be extended through the use of nanostructured films produced with the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique, but the film properties need to be optimized since these polymers generally do not form stable Langmuir films to be transferred onto solid substrates. Here, photoinduced birefringence was investigated for mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films fr...

The immobilization of the enzyme tyrosinase (Tyr) in lipid matrices can be explored to produce biosensors for detecting polyphenols, which is relevant food industry. Herein, we shall demonstrate importance composition immobilize Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. Tyr could incorporated into Langmuir monolayers arachidic acid (AA), 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoy...

Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is used as a noninvasive probe of two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectricity in Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of copolymer vinylidene fluoride with trifluorethylene. The surface 2D ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition in the topmost layer of LB films and a thickness independent (almost 2D) transition in the bulk of these films are observed in temperatur...

Anna Beltrame,* Maurizio Ruscio,† Barbara Cruciatti,‡ Angela Londero,* Vito Di Piazza,§ Roberto Copetti,§ Valentino Moretti,† Paolo Rossi,¶ Gian Luigi Gigli,¶ Luigia Scudeller,* and Pierluigi Viale* *University of Udine, Udine, Italy; †Hospital of San Daniele, San Daniele, Italy; ‡Hospital of Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy; §San Antonio Abate Hospital, Tolmezzo, Italy; and ¶Hospital of Udine, Udin...

In summer at night in the Bering Sea hydromedusae and scyphomedusae formed dense aggregations at the surface in convergences apparently produced by Langmuir circulation cells. During strong winds distance between parallel rows regularly exceeded 100 m; densities of medusae within rows reached 1,000 m-3. Physical and behavioral factors can increase spatial aggregation and thereby alter the rate ...