Scientific Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Physics - Technical Physics, , language: English, abstract: The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique is a way of making ultrathin nanostructured films
with a controlled layer structure and crystal parameter, which have many envisioned applications in
technology for optical and molecular electronic devices as well as in signal processing and
transformation. LB films have a unique potential for controlling the structure of organized matter on
the ultimate scale of miniaturization, and must surely find a niche where this potential is fulfilled. In
this review paper the early development, technology and present status of LB film research and key
papers are referred to.