Study on Interaction between Gelatin and AgBr Crystal Particles

It was found that IR absorption band at 1383 cm - 1 was stronger for AgBr crystal particles . This band was not observed but there was an amide I band at 1630 cm - 1 or 1640 cm - 1 for gelatin-AgBr emulsion after ensymolysis. This variation meant that gelatin was adsorbed on the AgBr crystal particles. The IR analysis was performed for gelatin with added Br- to show the possible interaction between gelatin and AgBr particles. The frequence of NH3+ absorption band for gelatins with added Br- was lower than that for gelatins without added Br-. The frequence shift of NH3+ band around 3300 cm-1 in the spectrum of gelatins indicated that gelatin could be adsorbed by AgBr with NH3+ and Br- in addition to chemical interaction between Ag+ and N atom or/and between Ag+ and S atom. Moreover，there was probably a kind of force between the hydrophobic parts of AgBr crystal surface and the hydrophobic side-chain groups of gelatin. It may be the van der Walls force. It had influence on IR spectrum of emulsion from 1000 cm-1 to 1200 cm-1 . Because there was a difference in photographic characters or crystal particle size between fish gelatin emulsion and bovine gelatin emulsion，their interactions were compared. In general，IR study suggested that gelatin was adsorbed on AgBr crystal particles . This adsorption could be caused by coulombic and van der Walls forces apart from the chemical affinity between gelatin and AgBr crystal particles.