Electrical contacts to organic molecular films by metal evaporation: Effect of contacting details

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2318-2329

  Haick, Hossam ^a,b   Niitsoo, Olivia ^a   Ghabboun, Jamal ^a,c   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; EVAPORATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SUBSTRATES;

COOLED SUBSTRATES; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; ORGANIC MOLECULAR FILMS; UNCONTROLLABLE INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 33847375931     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp065357p     Document Type: Article

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