Molecular organization in two-dimensional films of liquid II. Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of a perylene-like dye mixed with liquid crystals having a terminal cyano group crystalline mixtures

Abstract

Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of a perylene-like compound and its binary mixtures with 4-octyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (8CB) and 4-pentyl-4"-cyano-p-terphenyl (5CT) have been studied. On the basis of the surface pressure-area isotherms, the molecular organization on the air-water interface has been estimated. Information about the miscibility or the phase separation of components in the binary mixtures has been obtained. The spectroscopic study of the LB films has allowed conclusions to be drawn about the arrangement of the molecules on the quartz slides. The fluorescence spectra of the LB films of the perylene-like compound have revealed the formation of self-aggregates.