Understanding and tuning the epitaxy of large aromatic adsorbates by molecular design

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6958, 2003, Pages 602-605

  Eremtchenko, M ^a   Schaefer, J A ^a   Tautz, F S ^b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON SYSTEM;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC AMIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

PHYSICS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142124361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01901     Document Type: Article

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