From clusters to fibers: Parameters for discontinuous para-hexaphenylene thin film growth

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kankate, Laxman ^a,c   Balzer, Frank ^a,b   Niehus, Horst ^a   Rubahn, Horst Günter ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM GROWTH; HEXANE; NANOFIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HEXAPHENYLENE; NANOFIBER LENGTH; POLARIZED FLUORESCENCE; THIN FILM GROWTH;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 40149098078     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2839296     Document Type: Article

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