Dielectric properties and interfacial phenomena of metal/insulator/metal (MIM) devices of phosphatidic acid Langmuir-Blodgett films

Sulaiman, Khaulah and Abd Majid, Wan Haliza and Muhamad, Muhamad Rasat (2008) Dielectric properties and interfacial phenomena of metal/insulator/metal (MIM) devices of phosphatidic acid Langmuir-Blodgett films. Malaysian Journal of Science, 27 (2). pp. 97-105. ISSN 1394-3065,

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Official URL: https://mjs.um.edu.my/article/view/9244

Abstract

The interfacial phenomena of metal/insulator (organic)/metal (MIM) devices of the phospholipid Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been investigated. Two types of phospholipids with different length of alkyl chains i.e. 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidic acid (DMPA) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl -sn-glycero-3-phosphatidic acid (DPPA), were used in this study. The variations of capacitance and conductance of the MIM devices were examined as a function of number of LB layers as well as frequency. The results obtained from the measurements indicate that the phospholipid LB films sandwiched between two aluminium electrodes behave as a good insulator. The dielectric constants of 3.0 and 3.3 have been calculated for DMPA and DPPA monolayers respectively. The capacitance results also revealed that the devices consist of a native oxide layer of Al2O3 between the bottom aluminium electrode and the LB films. In this particular case, it has been evaluated that the oxide layer is about 25 Å. In general, the plots of conductance as a function of frequency of the MIM devices exhibit logarithmic variation.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dielectric constant; Interfacial phenomena; Langmuir-Blodgett (LB); Metal/insulator/metal (MIM); Phospholipid
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 11 Dec 2020 08:05
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2020 08:05
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25649

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