Conformational self-recognition as the origin of dewetting in bistable molecular surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2001, Pages 10826-10830

  Cavallini, Massimiliano ^a   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^a,b   Zamboni, Roberto ^a   Biscarini, Fabio ^a   Timpel, Dirk ^c   Zerbetto, Francesco ^c   Clarkson, Guy J ^d   Leigh, David A ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWETTING;

ADSORPTION; CONFORMATIONS; FILM GROWTH; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035829914     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp011455t     Document Type: Article

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