Electroactive Langmuir–Blodgett films of O-hexadecylthiocarboxytetrathiafulvalene (HDTTTF)

Abstract
The title compound forms stable, high-quality Langmuir-Blodgett films which are highly conducting after iodine doping (σmax.1.0 ± 0.2 S cm–1); the films have been characterised, in the as-deposited and doped states, by variable temperature conductivity experiments, UVNIS, IR, and photoelectron spectroscopy, and by low-angle X-ray diffraction.