Patent ID: 8864896

Claim:
A method for forming an organic thin film comprising the following steps: 1) a step of preparing a hydroxyl group-containing solution by mixing the following (a), (b) and (c) so that the total amount of (A) and (B) in the hydroxyl group-containing solution becomes 0.1 wt % to 80 wt %, and conducting hydrolysis to generate a hydroxyl group-containing compound; a) an adjuvant for forming an organic thin film comprising a metal surfactant (A) having at least one or more hydrolysable group and a compound (C) that can interact with the metal surfactant, in an organic solvent b) a metal surfactant (B) having at least one or more hydrolysable group, and c) water 2) a step for preparing a solution for forming an organic thin film by mixing an organic solvent and the hydroxyl group-containing solution obtained in the above step 1), after the concentration of the hydroxyl group of the hydroxyl group-containing compound which is produced in the above step 1) achieves equilibrium; and 3) a step of allowing a substrate to contact with the solution for forming an organic thin film obtained in the above step 2).