Abstract: | Preliminary studies are reported on the film forming characteristics of compounds such as dialkyldimethylammonium-M (dmit)2 and dialkyldimethylammonium-M (mnt)2 where M = Ni, Pt or Pd. All materials investigated show good monolayer behaviour and deposit readily onto evaporated aluminium or gold films. This is confirmed by surface potential and FTIR measurements. The lateral conductivity of deposited films increases by many orders of magnitude when exposed to bromine vapour. |