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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.63, No.2, 141-145, 1997
Electrical-Properties of Metal, Langmuir-Blodgett (Polymeraldine Base) Layer, Metal Devices
Metal-insulator-metal structures have been fabricated by sandwiching polyemeraldine base Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films between metals like silver and indium vacuum-deposited onto indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass. These devices have been found to exhibit insulating properties in the absence of a metal oxide layer. Current (I)-voltage (V) and capacitance (C)-voltage (V) measurements have been carried out on such devices. It is seen that these devices show rectification behavior at about 3 V for both forward and reverse bias conditions. However, at low voltages, nonlinear and asymmetric behaviors have been observed, whereas plot of log 1 versus V-1/4 indicates linear characteristics at high fields. The value of the barrier height has been found to be about 1.2 V in agreement with literature, implying Schottky behavior.