Molecule - Molecule versus molecule - Substrate interactions in the assembly of oligothiophenes at surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 7898-7908

  Surin, Mathieu ^a   Leclère, Philippe ^a   De Feyter, Steven ^b   Abdel Mottaleb, Mohamed M S ^b   De Schryver, Frans C ^b   Henze, Oliver ^c   Feast, W James ^c   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; MICA; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

OLIGOTHIOPHENES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; THIOPHENE OLIGOMERS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 33646410664     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp056824q     Document Type: Article

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