Formation and organization of planar polymeric and nanocomposite nanostructures on liquid and solid surfaces

We describe a new approach to fabrication of organized planar polymeric and composite nanostructures based on synthetic reactions in organized polymeric Langmuir monolayer at the gas–liquid interface. Novel polymeric quasi-crystalline planar monomolecular structures were formed at the gas–aqueous phase interface using new water–insoluble amphiphilic polyelectrolyte molecules. Corresponding ultrathin polymeric nanoscale-ordered films and stable planar polymeric nanocomposite structures with organized inorganic nanoparticles (palladium, gold and iron oxide) grown in the polymeric monolayer were formed successfully on the solid substrate surfaces. The obtained nanostructures were characterized by atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy techniques.