Evidence for the role of organic layers in photoconductivity of organic/inorganic hybrid nanosheets as prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett methods.
By measuring the photoconductivity of hybrid LB films of exfoliative layered niobate and octadecylamine, it was evidenced that the film underwent a transition from an insulator to a photosemiconductor during photo-modification treatment by UV light, which was rationalized in terms of the direct contact of inorganic nanosheets achieved by the elimination of organic layers.
Saruwatari
Kazuko
K
University of Tokyo, Graduated School of Scinece, 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan. kazuko@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Sato
Hisako
H
Kameda
Jun
J
Yamagishi
Akihiko
A
Domen
Kazunari
K