Ferroelectric properties of Langmuir-Blodgett copolymer films at the nanoscale

Authors

• A. Tolstousov, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
• R. V. Gaynutdinov, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of SciencesFollow
• R. Tadros-Morgane, Saarland University
• Herbert Kliem, Saarland University
• Stephen Ducharme, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow
• Vladimir M. Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of SciencesFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2007

Comments

Published in Ferroelectrics 354 (2007), pp. 99–105; doi 10.1080/00150190701454669 Copyright © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Used by permission. Online from the publisher at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150190701454669 (this link requires subscription).

Abstract

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films are well known structures prepared as a result of successive transfer of monolayers (ML) from the gas-liquid interface onto solid substrates. One impressive possibility of LB method is the opportunity to vary the thickness of the film to an accuracy of one transfer, which could coincide with one ML. The ferroelectric properties of a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluorethylene P[VDF-TrFE] prepared by LB deposition are investigated in the region of a few monolayers.