Controlled assembly of 1,4-phenylenedimethanethiol molecular nanostructures

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2376-2380

  Zareie, Hadi M ^a   McDonagh, Andrew M ^a   Edgar, Jonathan ^a   Ford, Michael J ^a   Cortie, Michael B ^a   Phillips, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEPOSITION; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

1,4-PHENYLENEDIMETHANETHIOL; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES; SURFACE AREA;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33744802249     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm052647u     Document Type: Article

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