On the influence of molecular structure on the orientation and the occurrence of phase transitions in organic adsorbed layers at the mercury—water interface

Adsorption of camphor and 2,2′-bipyridine on Bi(111) electrode surface

“…It is very well established that the kinetics of 2D condensation is noticeably influenced by the supporting electrolyte activity and chemical composition [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] as well as by the adsorption energy of solvent molecules at the electrode surface depending noticeably on the chemical nature and crystallographic structure of single crystal plane studied [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. On the other hand, the structure and stability of the adsorbed monolayer is strongly affected by the symmetry of the surface structure of the adsorbate as well as by the adsorbate-adsorbent interaction Gibbs energy and adsorbate-adsorbate, adsorbate-electrolyte ions, adsorbate-solvent and solvent-solvent lateral interaction energies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][10][11][12][13].…”

“…Two-dimensional (2D) phase transitions at solid surfaces or in the adsorption adlayers have received much attention in recent years as this phenomenon is related to the very important aspects of the surface and materials science connected with the nano-and molecular technology [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. It is very well established that the kinetics of 2D condensation is noticeably influenced by the supporting electrolyte activity and chemical composition [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] as well as by the adsorption energy of solvent molecules at the electrode surface depending noticeably on the chemical nature and crystallographic structure of single crystal plane studied [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

“…The properties of the 2D layer depend on the molecular structure of adsorbate (camphor, borneol, norcamphor, camphor-10-sulfonic acid, 2,2 -bipyridine, 4,4 -bipyridine, etc.) as well as supporting electrolyte composition (KClO 4 , H 2 SO 4 and Na 2 SO 4 ) [1][2][3][4][5][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

“…The exploitation of impedance, cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry [7,[10][11][12][13] in comparison with the surface sensitive in situ techniques such as scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), surface plasmon resonance and second harmonic generation (SHG) [14] and vibrational spectroscopy (SNIFTIR, SEIRAS, Raman [1][2][3]) methods will provide a complex approximation and strategy to investigate the solid | liquid interfaces in a macroscopic as well microscopic (molecular or atomic) levels and to develop future the general molecular theory taking into account the influence of the crystallographic structure, electronic and chemical nature of the surface as well as surfactant properties (molecular structure and charge density localization) on the 2D condensation phenomenon [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

Adsorption of camphor at Bi(111) electrode

“…Two-dimensional (2D) phase transitions at solid surfaces or in the adsorption adlayers have received much attention in recent years as this phenomenon is related to the very important aspects of the surface and materials sciences connected with the nano-and molecular technology [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. It is very well established that the kinetics of 2D condensation is noticeably influenced by the supporting electrolyte activity (concentration) and chemical composition [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] as well as by the adsorption energy of solvent molecules at the surface studied.…”