Comparison between nucleation of pentacene monolayer islands on polymeric and inorganic substrates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Pratontep, Sirapat ^a,c   Nüesch, Frank ^b   Zuppiroli, Libéro ^b   Brinkmann, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

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EID: 33749159045     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.085211     Document Type: Article

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