Hyperthermal molecular beam deposition of highly ordered organic thin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Casalis, L ^a,b   Danisman, M F ^a   Nickel, B ^a   Bracco, G ^c   Toccoli, T ^d   Iannotta, S ^d   Scoles, G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FILM GROWTH; HELIUM; KINETIC ENERGY; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULES; SILVER; THIN FILMS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGHLY ORDERED ORGANIC THIN FILMS; HYPERTHERMAL MOLECULAR BEAM DEPOSITION; LOW ENERGY ATOM DIFFRACTION; PENTACENE; SUPERSONIC MOLECULAR BEAMS; X RAY REFLECTIVITY SPECTRA;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0038113152     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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