Surface effects on the growth of solution processed pentacene thin films

Surface Science

Volumn 602, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 993-1005

  Musumeci, Chiara ^a,b   Cascio, Claudia ^a,b   Scandurra, Antonino ^a,b   Indelli, Giuseppe F ^a,b   Bongiorno, Corrado ^c   Ravesi, Sebastiano ^a,d   Pignataro, Bruno ^a,e  

^a PLAST ICs   (Italy)

^b Superlab Consorzio Catania Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Istituto per la Microelectronica e Microsistemi (IMM)   (Italy)

^d STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Langmuir Blodgett; Pentacene precursor; Solution deposition; Spin coating

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FILM GROWTH; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SPIN COATING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMPACT MICROMETRIC CRYSTALS; PENTACENE PRECURSORS; PENTACENE THIN FILMS; THERMAL CONVERSION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 39149135851     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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