M. Horikiri et al., Time-domain optimization of the preparation condition of conductive Langmuir-Blodgett films based on ditetradecyldimethylammonium-Au(dmit)(2) salt, JPN J A P 1, 40(1), 2001, pp. 295-296
The conductive Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film based on ditetradecyldimethylamm
onium-Au(dmit)(2) salt was studied. The film quality at the air/water inter
face was greatly improved by changing the "waiting time(T-w)", which is def
ined as the time between the application of the spreading solution and the
onset of compression. The main factor for the morphological improvement is
considered to be the oxidation of the Au(dmit)(2) moiety at the air/water i
nterface. The resultant conductivity of the LB film was highest in the case
of T-w = 30 min.