Molecular modeling of self-assembled alkynyl thin films: Elucidation of monolayer structure from small, calculated symmetry units

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 5657-5660

  Dickie, Adam J ^a   Kakkar, Ashok K ^a   Whitehead, Michael A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE BONDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIMERS; ELECTROSTATICS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037162619     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0258392     Document Type: Article

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