Process for producing a thin film having at least one monomolecular layer of non-amphiphilic molecules

US4632800A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

• Andre Barraud · Les Ulis, FR
• Annie Ruaudel · Verrières-le-Buisson, FR
• Michel Vandevyver · Le Plessis-Robinson, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 1985
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1986
• Expiry date: May 9, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B82Y40/00
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for producing a film having at least one monomolecular layer of non-amphiphilic molecules. This process comprises the following stages: PA0 (a) combining non-amphiphilic molecules A, such as pyridine, with amphiphilic molecules B, such as a zinc porphyrin, in order to form a complex of molecules A and B; PA0 (b) forming on the surface of the liquid a monomolecular layer of the thus obtained complex, and PA0 (c) transferring the thus formed monomolecular layer to a rigid support. Molecules A and B can form between them a charge transfer complex, e.g. TCNQ-alkyl pyridinium which makes it possible to obtain laminated structures of organic conductors.