Order in Langmuir-Blodgett films of lead and cadmium stearate: An X-ray diffraction study

A. Malik; M. K. Durbin; A. G. Richter; K. G. Huang; P. Dutta

doi:10.1016/S0040-6090(95)08292-1

Order in Langmuir-Blodgett films of lead and cadmium stearate: An X-ray diffraction study

A. Malik^*, M. K. Durbin, A. G. Richter, K. G. Huang, P. Dutta

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Abstract

We have studied monolayer and multilayer Langmuir-Blodgett films of lead stearate and cadmium stearate using grazing incidence X-ray diffraction. We find that although these two types of films have similar in-plane structures, lead stearate forms better ordered films: the correlation length increases with the number of layers in lead stearate but levels off at the three-layer value in cadmium stearate. The lattices of adjacent lead ion layers are correlated, but adjacent cadmium layers are not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	144-146
Number of pages	3
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	284-285
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6090(95)08292-1
State	Published - Sep 15 1996

Keywords

Cadmium stearate
Langmuir-Blodgett films
Structural properties
X-ray diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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