변위전류 측정법을 L-α-dilauryl phosphatidylcholine(DLPC) 단분자 막의 연구에 적용하였 다. 변위전류는 물 표면에서 DLPC 단분자 층에서 압축과 확장에 의해 발생되었다. 맥스웰 변위전류 (MDC) 발생은 분자 당 점유면적 200 Å2 에서 40 Å2에 대하여 관찰하였다. 맥스웰 변위전류는 단분 자 층의 압축 사이클에 대해 조사하였으며, MDC의 최대 값은 압축 사이클의 표면 압력이 처음 상승하 기 바로 직전의 분자당 점유면적에서 나타나는 것을 알 수 있었다. LB막의 단분자층 표면 형태는 원자 힘 현미경(AFM)으로 측정하였다. 결과적으로, AFM 이미지에 나타난 LB막의 특성은 단분자 층의 배향 이 좋았으며 단분자 층의 두께는 약 5~10 nm였다.

Techniques measuring Maxwell displacement current (MDC) and LB films surface measuring technique have been applied to the study of monolayers of polyamic acid containing azobenzene. MDCs was generated from monolayers on the water surface by monolayer compression and expansion. It was generated when the area per molecule was about 103a2 and 78a2 just before the initial rise of the surface pressure during the 1st and 2nd mixed monolayer compressions cycle, respectively. It was the maximum of MDCs appeared at the molecular area just before the initial rise of surface pressure in compression cycles, and we have found that the increase of aggregations causes the noticeable increase of the surface roughness.

Maxwell displacement current(MDC) measuring technique has been applied on the study of monolayers of fatty acid. The displacement current was generated from monolayers on the water surface by monolayer compression and expansion. Displacement current was generated when the area per molecule was about 130a2. MDCs were investigated in connection with monolayer compression cycles. It was found that the current pulses were generated over the entire range of molecular area, and the maximum of MDC appeared at the molecular area just before the initial rise of surface pressure in compression cycles. We investigated the change in absorption spectra of the fatty acid(8A5H) monolayer LB film due to cis-trans photoisomerization. It was found that the absorption spectrum of the 8A5H LB film was induce to photoisomerization by alternate irradiation with UV and visible light irradiation.

Maxwell displacement current(MDC) measuring technique has been applied on the study of monolayers of polyamic acid containing p-cyanoazobenzene. The displacement current was generated from monolayers on the water surface by monolayer compression and expansion. Displacement current was generated when the area per molecule was about 140a2 and 100a2. Maxwell displacement currents were investigated in connection with monolayer compression cycles. It was found that the maximum of MDC appeared at the molecular area just before the initial rise of surface pressure in compression cycles.

The organization of phospholipid monolayers and their monolayers mixed with fatty acid containing azobenzene on the water surface was investigated by means of the displacement current measurement method. The phase transition from the gaseous phase to the gaseous-fluid phase which accompanies the polar ordering of phospholipid molecules was detected in the range of immeasurably low surface pressure. The molecular area which gives the onset of the transition was determined for phospholipid monolayers. The Maxwell displacement current(MDC) pulses were generated across mixed monolayers due to the photoisomerization of fatty acid containing azobenzene by alternating irradiation of ultraviolet and visible light, because the condensation of pure azobenzene monolayers was loosened by the introduction of phospholipids into the monolayers. The displacement currents generated during light irradiation were also investgated in connection with monolayer compression cycles. It was found that the maximum of MDC appeared at the molecular area just before the initial rise of surface pressure in compression cycles.