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    Structure and Electrical Conductivity of Hybrid Langmuir–Blodgett Films from BEDO-TTF and Fatty Acid

    Year: 2012

    Journal: J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (45), 24130–24135, 20131009

    Authors: Naureen Akhtar, Régis Y. N. Gengler, Thomas T. M. Palstra, Petra Rudolf

    Organizations: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands

    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.