Photochemical switching in conductive Langmuir-Blodgett films

Conductive Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have recently attracted much interest from the viewpoint of ultrathin film conductors at the molecular level. We have reported that the structure of the TCNQ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) column in the LB film of N-docosylpyridinium 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane is changed by the variation of the subphase temperature