Study of Langmuir-Blodgett polydiacetylene polymer films by surface enhanced Raman scattering

Large shifts (～50 cm^-1) to lower energies in the C=C and C≡C stretching modes of the Raman spectra of Langmuir-Blodgett deposted thin films of 15-8 polydiacetylene polymer are observed as the film thickness changes from a monolayer or one bilayer to two or more bilayers. The spectra of two or more bilayers are found to be identical to bulk material. These large shifts, observed by surface enhanced Raman scattering from the silver island substrate on which the films are deposited are attributed to delocalization of the electronic states in the backbone of the polydiacetylene polymer.