Using atomic steps to induce texture in polycrystalline pentacene films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Ignatescu, Valerian ^a   Hsu, Jing Chih M ^a   Mayer, Alex C ^a,b   Blakely, Jack M ^a   Malliaras, George G ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; PENTACENE FILMS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33845932019     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2420778     Document Type: Article

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