| Abstract: | The paper reports on the deposition of two-component Langmuir-Blodgett films containing poly(3-n-alkylthiophenes) with “film-builders” —low-molecular-weight amphiphilic molecules facilitating film formation. Fatty acids and 3-n-octadecylpyrrole were used as builders. The thicknesses and electric permittivities of the films were determined by measurements of the surface plasmon resonance; it was found that the former parameter is controlled by the length of the builder molecules. The electrical conductivities of the deposited films were of the order of 1 μS/m. The contact with oxides gives rise to an abrupt increase of conductivity by several orders of magnitude, followed by a decrease due to an irreversible destruction of the π-electron system of the polymer. |
