Structure and electrical conductivity of hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett films from BEDO-TTF and fatty acid

Naureen Akhtar; Régis Y.N. Gengler; Thomas T.M. Palstra; Petra Rudolf

doi:10.1021/jp307702k

Structure and electrical conductivity of hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett films from BEDO-TTF and fatty acid

Naureen Akhtar, Régis Y.N. Gengler, Thomas T.M. Palstra, Petra Rudolf^*

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Conducting Langmuir-Blodgett films are one of the candidates for molecular electronics. We investigated the structural and electrical properties of Langmuir-Blodgett films built up as a mixed molecular system of bis(ethylenedioxy)tetrathiafulvalene, in short BEDO-TTF, and fatty acid, as a function of (a) the alkyl chain length of the fatty acid and (b) the fatty acid: BEDO-TTF molar ratio in the starting solution from which the Langmuir film is prepared. The Langmuir-Blodgett films deposited from mixtures with molar ratio 1:2 showed better quality in terms of crystallinity and electrical conduction. Moreover, LB films with longer alkyl chain fatty acids were better ordered even at lower molar ratio.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24130-24135
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of physical chemistry C
Volume	116
Issue number	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp307702k
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2012
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Structure and electrical conductivity of hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett films from BEDO-TTF and fatty acid

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