Abstract
A variety of amphiphilic polymers are able to form a stable monolayer on the water surface, which is transferable onto a solid substrate layer by layer, yielding artificial molecular assemblies with a scale of molecular dimension. This report describes the structural characterization of ultrathin polymer films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The optical methods we employed sensitively detect the nano-structure of mono- and multi-layered polymer films, such as layer thickness, distance, thermally induced relaxation, and also morphology of the surface monolayer, showing the specific features of polymer chains spread on a two-dimensional plane.
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Ito, S., Yamamoto, M. (1996). Optical Characterization of Ultrathin Polymer Films Prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique. In: Kamachi, M., Nakamura, A. (eds) New Macromolecular Architecture and Functions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80289-8_14
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