The thermodynamic model of a 2D solution developed earlier for protein monolayers at liquid interfaces is generalized for monolayers composed of micro- and nanoparticles. Surface pressure isotherms of particle monolayers published in the literature for a wide range of particles sizes (between 75 microm and 7.5 nm) are described by the theoretical model with one modification. The calculations of surface pressure pi on area A provide satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. The theory also yields reasonable cross-sectional area values of the solvent molecule water in the range between 0.12 and 0.18 nm2, which is almost independent of particle size. Also, the area per particle in a closely packed monolayer obtained from the theory is quite realistic.
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