Thin Solid Films, Vol.239, No.1, 144-149, 1994
Vinyl Functionalized Langmuir-Blodgett-Films Fabricated from Electrically Conductive Poly(Bromooctylthiophene-Co-Vinylhexylthiophene)
Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films were fabricated from mixtures of poly(bromooctylthiophene-co-vinylhexylthiophene) (PVHT copolymer) and deuterated stearic acid (d-SA). The molecular orientation of the mixed LB films was studied by measuring surface pressure-area isotherms of the monolayers and visible absorption spectra, X-ray diffraction patterns, and FT-IR spectra of multilayer thin films. The FT-IR transmission and grazing angle reflection spectra exhibited a strong polarization dependence, allowing an estimation of the tilt angles of the hydrocarbon chain axis for both the d-SA molecules and the PVHT copolymer. The main chains of the copolymer were found to be randomly distributed within the film, whereas the hydrocarbon tails of the d-SA molecules and the PVHT copolymer were found to be oriented nearly perpendicular to the film surface. The mixed LB films were rendered electrically conductive (2S cm(-1)) by doping with NOPF6, and FeCl3.
Keywords:THIN-FILMS;REFLECTION ABSORPTION;POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE);MANIPULATION;POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENES);POLYPYRROLES;TRANSMISSION;SPECTROSCOPY;POLYMERS