Direct observation of helical polysilane nanostructures by atomic force microscopy

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9 A/B, 1997, Pages

  Ebihara, Kenzo ^a   Koshihara, Shin Ya ^a   Yoshimoto, Mamoru ^a   Maeda, Tatsuro ^a   Ohnishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Koinuma, Hideomi ^a   Fujiki, Michiya ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Nanostructure; Polysilane; Single molecule; Ultrasmooth sapphire substrate

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSILANES; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SUBSTRATES;

BACKBONE STRUCTURES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031220357     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.l1211     Document Type: Article

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