Role of molecular self-assembling in Langmuir-Blodgett film growth

Sanyal, M. K. ; Mukhopadhyay, M. K. ; Mukherjee, M. ; Datta, A. ; Basu, J. K. ; Penfold, J. (2002) Role of molecular self-assembling in Langmuir-Blodgett film growth Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 65 (3). 033409_1-033409_4. ISSN 1098-0121

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Official URL: http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v65/i3/e033409

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.033409

Abstract

The elusive role of molecular reorganization in the growth of ordered organic multilayers using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique has been investigated with X-ray and neutron reflectivity, and atomic force microscopy. Use of deuterated tails as markers directly shows that molecules get attached to the substrate in asymmetric configuration but, apart from the first layer, reorient themselves to a symmetric configuration. An exchange of molecules between first and second layers could also be detected. Thickness remains unchanged between second and third monolayer deposition but density is doubled.

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