화학공학소재연구정보센터
Thin Solid Films, Vol.327-329, 792-795, 1998
Fabrication and characterization of charge-transfer complex films by a bias-voltage LB technique
We have investigated the effect of bias voltage applied to an electrically conductive substrate on the formation of adsorption Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. In fabricating the adsorption LB films, we used tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) with a long alkyl chain as a molecule for spreading monolayers on the subphase and tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD) as a material for adsorbing from the subphase to the monolayers. It is well known that TCNQ and TMPD are acceptor-like and donor-like molecules, respectively, In the visible absorption spectra and Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectra of the adsorption LB films fabricated under several bias conditions, the peaks assigned to TCNQ show a clear dependence on the bias voltage. The electrical conductivity corresponding to the quantity of charge-transfer complex was also obtained. These results demonstrate that the bias-voltage LB technique enables us to control the formation of the charge-transfer complex.