1C04 液晶分子のアシストによる疎水性共役高分子の単分子膜形成

抄録

A hydrophobic polymer alone does not form a spread monolayer on water, but our recent work showed that monolayer formation of a fully hydrophobic polysilane is attained when they are co-spread with a cyanobiphenyl type liquid crystal molecule (5CB). We report herein some extended results of this work using poly(alkylthiophen)s and polystyrene. Spreading behavior and AFM observations revealed the monolayer formation of these polymers, indicating the wide applicability of the liquid crystal-assisted process.