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Langmuir films of unusual components
Somobrata Acharaya1, Atsuomi Shundo, Jonathan P Hill
1World Premier International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics and Supermolecules Group, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
Abstract:
This short review aims to break traditional images of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films, which are generally thought to be applicable only for traditional amphiphile-like molecules such as lipids and surfactants. Various examples of Langmuir films of unusual organic molecules, supermolecules, polymers, liquid crystals, DNA strands, proteins, organic-inorganic hybrids, inorganic nanoparticles and nanorods are introduced. These descriptions should stimulate the reader in the design of various functional systems using concepts related to Langmuir-Blodgett technique.
