Preparation of ultra thin organic and polymer films could be divided into two methods. One is the wet process such as Langmuir-Blodgett (LB), spreading, dipping and casting methods. The other is dry processing, such as vapor deposition, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, plasma polymerization and vapor deposition polymerization methods. Of these methods, the LB method has been attractive for the last decade to prepare a monolayer film, however, the vapor deposition method has also attracted attention for the preparation of well organized ultra thin films. It is important to investigate a molecular assembly in terms of the extent of aggregation, the crystalline regularity and their orientation in the thin film, since they are closely related to the physical, electrical and functional properties. This review focuses on an evaluation of the structure, molecular assembly and orientation in the thin films prepared by the LB and vapor deposition methods.
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