Structural and Morphological Evolution in Metal-Organic Films and Multilayers

This book presents major results of the authors’ work carried out on Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. The authors reveal the richness hidden in these supposedly well-known systems, including saturated, aliphatic fatty acids. They examine the mechanisms behind the growth of monolayers and multilayers of the molecules primarily from a physicist’s point of view. The book highlights the relationship between molecular structure and domain structure as well as the various physical properties. It also explores the interplay between physics and chemistry in metal ions.