The morphology of organic nanocolumn arrays: Amorphous versus crystalline solids

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1492-1497

  Jian, Zhang ^a   Salzmann, Ingo ^a   Schäfer, Peter ^a   Oehzelt, Martin ^b   Duhm, Steffen ^a   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a   Koch, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN HEIGHTS; COLUMN SURFACES; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITIONS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIONS; MOLECULAR FLUXES; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; NANO-COLUMNS; NANOCOLUMN; PENTACENE; REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTES; ROTATION SPEED; SAMPLE ROTATIONS; TRIS(8HYDROXYQUINOLINE) ALUMINUM;

ALUMINA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SPEED;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 65349182973     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0163     Document Type: Article

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