화학공학소재연구정보센터
Advanced Functional Materials, Vol.11, No.4, 299-303, 2001
New transparent metal-like bilayer composite films with highly conducting layers of theta-(BET-TTF)(2)Br center dot 3H(2)O nanocrystals
A flexible low-density metallic material, which is extremely transparent, was obtained using as active component the highly conducting molecular metal theta-(BET-TTF)Br-2 . 3H(2)O, BET-TTF = bis(ethylenethio)tetrathiafulvalene. This material is a bilayer (BL) film that was prepared by treating a polycarbonate film containing 2 wt.-% of molecularly dispersed BET-TTF with vapor of a Br-2/CH2Cl2 solution. Optimum conditions for the preparation of very transparent metallic materials were established. The X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the conducting layer of the BL films is formed by well a* oriented theta-(BET-TTF)(2)Br . 3H(2)O nanocrystals, which are clearly observed in the SEM images. Conductivity measurements confirm that the nanocrystalline layers have the same transport properties as those of the single crystals, displaying metal-like behavior down to He temperature and the highest room temperature conductivity (120 Omega (-1) cm(-1)) reported so far for this kind of film.