New formation techniques of a tough bilayer (life time>24hrs, breakdown voltage: 7V), a large bilayer (16.5cm×3.0cm×4.6nm) and a low-resistance bilayer (10³Ω·Cm²) in aqueous solutions

Abstract

The formation techniques of several bimolecular films (bilayers) and the selection methods of their materials were described concretely and discussed. (1) Tough and voltage-stable bilayer (breakdown voltage: 1.5×10⁷ V/cm) was formed by means of photopolymerization of octadecyl acrylate bilayer. Such a super-thin film will be useful both technically and industrially, if the formation technique is improved. (2) The largest bilayer, we have ever known, could be obtained with the complex formation of cis-9-octadecenylamine (oleyl amine) and NiCl₂ in aqueous phase. (3) In order to be comparable to biological membrane in electric resistance, 1-tetradecanol (myristyl alcohol) -linalool mixed bilayer was skeletonized by means of KMnO₄ oxidation.