Brabec V, Christian S D, Dryhurst G
Biophys Chem. 1978 May;8(2):151-62. doi: 10.1016/0301-4622(78)80006-4.
The effect of temperature on the interfacial behavior of uracil, thymine and 1,5-dimethyluracil has been used to characterize the thermodynamics of adsorption of these compounds at a mercury electrode-aqueous electrolyte interface. Between 4.5 degrees C and 40 degrees C all three compounds exhibit two adsorption regions. The first, a dilute layer where the molecules adsorb in a flat orientation on the electrode surface. The second, a compact layer where the molecules adsorb in a perpendicular orientation. The thermodynamic constants characterizing formation of these surface layers have been deduced.
