Crystalline mono- and multilayer self-assemblies of oligothiophenes at the air-water interface

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 930-939

  Isz, Sandrine ^a   Weissbuch, Isabelle ^a   Kjaer, Kristian ^c   Bouwman, Wim G ^c   Als Nielsen, Jens ^d   Palacin, Serge ^b   Ruaudel Teixier, Annie ^b   Leiserowitz, Leslie ^a   Lahav, Meir ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryo transmission electron microscopy; Monolayers; Oligothiophenes; Polymorphism; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030977617     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970030615     Document Type: Article

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