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The PAH\/GO films revealed a linear increase in absorbance with the increase in the number of deposited bilayers, allowing the determination that 10.7 \u00b1 0.1 mg m\u22122 of GO is adsorbed per unit of area of each bilayer. GO absorption bands at 146, 210, 247 and 299 nm, assigned to \u03c0-\u03c0* and n-\u03c0* transitions in the aromatic ring (phenol) and of the carboxylic group, respectively, were characterized by vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy. The morphological characterization of these films demonstrated that they are not completely uniform, with a bilayer thickness of 10.5 \u00b1 0.7 nm. This study also revealed that the films are composed of GO and\/or PAH\/GO fibers and that GO is completely adsorbed on top of PAH. The electrical properties of the films reveal that PAH\/GO films present a semiconductor behavior. 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