Molecular organization, structural orientation and surface topography of mono-acylated beta-cyclodextrins in monolayers at the air-aqueous interface

RAQUEL V. VICO; O. FERNANDO SILVA; RITA H. DE ROSSI; BRUNO MAGGIO

LANGMUIR

American Chemical Society

Año: 2008 vol. 24 p. 7867 - 7874

0743-7463

The surface behavior of mono-acylated b-cyclodextrins, with hydrocarbon chains of 16, 14 and 10 carbons, has been assessed by the measurement of the surface pressure, surface (dipole) potential, optical reflectivity and surface topography in monolayers at the air-water interface. For all the derivatives studied, the intermolecular organization adopted along compression-decompression isotherms reveals a rich variety of packing states which imply profound reorganization of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties of the b-cyclodextrin derivatives in the film, depending on the lateral surface pressure. The intermolecular arrangements are consistent with the adoption of different and defined orientation of the cyclic oligosaccharide unit, relative to the interfacial plane and the aqueous subphase. This is different to the behavior of the per-substituted derivatives, and none of the changes exhibited by the mono-substituted forms are consistent with the oligosaccharide ring remaining in a fixed orientation along the interface when the surface pressure is varied. The surface behavior of mono-acylated b-cyclodextrins, with hydrocarbon chains of 16, 14 and 10 carbons, has been assessed by the measurement of the surface pressure, surface (dipole) potential, optical reflectivity and surface topography in monolayers at the air-water interface. For all the derivatives studied, the intermolecular organization adopted along compression-decompression isotherms reveals a rich variety of packing states which imply profound reorganization of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties of the b-cyclodextrin derivatives in the film, depending on the lateral surface pressure. The intermolecular arrangements are consistent with the adoption of different and defined orientation of the cyclic oligosaccharide unit, relative to the interfacial plane and the aqueous subphase. This is different to the behavior of the per-substituted derivatives, and none of the changes exhibited by the mono-substituted forms are consistent with the oligosaccharide ring remaining in a fixed orientation along the interface when the surface pressure is varied.