A new quadrilayer surface phase, and its transition to bilayer and liquid surface phases, are observed by x-ray and surface tension measurements in the surface-frozen layer of a binary mixture of ∼20%C26OH:80%C18OH alcohols. The surface phase diagram is rationalized qualitatively based on the free energy landscape. A quantitative elucidation of the molecular-level origin of these effects is not currently available.
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