Abstract
Multilayer films of organic compounds on solid surfaces have been studied for more than 60 years because they allow fabrication of multicomposite molecular assemblies of tailored architecture. However, both the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and chemisorption from solution can be used only with certain classes of molecules. An alternative approach—fabrication of multilayers by consecutive adsorption of polyanions and polycations—is far more general and has been extended to other materials such as proteins or colloids. Because polymers are typically flexible molecules, the resulting superlattice architectures are somewhat fuzzy structures, but the absence of crystallinity in these films is expected to be beneficial for many potential applications.
Keywords
FabricationChemisorptionSuperlatticeAdsorptionPolymerMoleculeMaterials scienceNanotechnologyCrystallinityChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsComposite material
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- 277
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- 5330
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- 1232-1237
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Gero Decher
(1997).
Fuzzy Nanoassemblies: Toward Layered Polymeric Multicomposites.
Science
, 277
(5330)
, 1232-1237.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5330.1232
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.277.5330.1232