Recent advances in molecular engineering have led to a new range of organic materials that include electropolymerized and electroactive polymers, and Langmuir-Blodgett and photochromic films. The present authors concentrate upon electrochemically synthesized films of organic material. They survey the physical properties of these materials, e.g. morphology and electrical conductivity, and relate them to the choice of monomer, doping agent and solvent. They then discuss the current application of organic films in molecular electronics, and speculate upon the potential for application of these organic materials in the emerging fields of micromechanics and nanotechnology. One possible example of the latter is the use of ultra-thin organic films as low friction coatings in microactuators.
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