Co
mmercially available a
mphiphilic cyclodextrins, na
mely per-6-
O-(
tert-butyldi
methylsilyl)
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muir
monolayercharacterization, using both traditional
methods of surface
mano
metry (
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ms, stability experi
ments)and
modern
micro
meter/nano
meter resolution (BAM, AFM) surface techniques. It has been found thatinconsistent behavior regarding the isother
ms reproducibility obtained upon co
mpression of TBDMS-
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middle">-CDs is due to the aggregation of the investigated
molecules in chlorofor
m and hexane, while goodreproducibility ensured a
mixed spreading solvent syste
m of hexane/
isopropanol 7:3 (v/v). Although the stabilityof fil
ms dropped fro
m chlorofor
m and hexane/
isopropanol solvents below the equilibriu
m surface pressure(ESP) was co
mparable, pronounced differences were observed at pressures above ESP. The investigatedTBDMS-CDs were successfully transferred onto cad
miu
m stearate covered
mica substrates. AFM i
magesconfir
med the presence of discontinuous
multilayered fil
ms (10 n
m heights) spread fro
m chlorofor
m versus
mono
molecular dispersion achieved in hexane/
isopropanol.