Dispersion interactions enable the self-directed growth of linear alkane nanostructures covalently bound to silicon

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 16048-16050

  DiLabio, Gino A ^a   Piva, Paul G ^a,b   Kruse, Peter ^c   Wolkow, Robert A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DISPERSIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPERSION INTERACTIONS; HYBRID SILICON-ORGANIC DEVICES; LINEAR ALKANES; SELF-DIRECTED GROWTH;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 10344259151     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0460007     Document Type: Article

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