Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett, LB, monolayer, nanotechnology instruments. Modular instruments for production of Langmuir films and Langmuir-Blodgett mulitlayers. Special Langmuir troughs, dippers, barrier drives, film balances and custom made modules.

Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Instruments

Thin organic films are the source of high expectations as being useful components in many practical and commercial applications such as sensors, detectors, displays and electronic circuit components. The possibility to synthesise organic molecules, almost without limitations, with desired structure and functionality in conjunction with the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film deposition technology enables the production of electrically, optically and biologically active components on a nanometer scale. The LB technique enables the production of highly organised organic monolayers on a large variety of substrates. The wide range of potential applications also sets special requirements on the LB instrument design.

KSV supplies the widest selection of precision Langmuir instruments for today's Langmuir film researchers. The key to the design of the LB instruments from KSV has been experimental versatility. To design such instruments KSV have followed four basic design criteria: Modularity, Practicality, Product superiority and Custom applications.The unique feature of the LB instruments is that the many troughs available are easily and fast changed by hand only. Almost any kind of trough design is possible by request.

The modular design of all our instruments also enables to convert your LB instrument into a powerful Tensiometer in order to make for example Surface tension, CMC or Contact Angle measurements.