Description:
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An alkylated <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>,<jats:italic>N</jats:italic>
<jats:sup>′</jats:sup>-dicyanoquinonediimine (alkylDCNQI) derivative has
been synthesized and the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique has been applied to
this material and its mixture with CuI, aiming at the construction of a DCNQI-Cu
system in two dimensions. No chemical reaction could be detected for
alkylDCNQI-CuI mixed solutions. However, optical measurements have shown
that the LB films obtained from the mixture contain a partially reduced DCNQI
group, suggesting that a new CT complex is obtained by <jats:italic>in situ</jats:italic> reaction of
alkylDCNQI and CuI at the air-water interface.
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