Molecular dewetting on insulators

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 42, 2009, Pages

  Burke, S A ^a   Topple, J M ^b   Grutter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI HALIDES; BULK CRYSTALS; DE-WETTING; DISJOINING PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GROWTH MODES; INCOMMENSURATE PHASE; INTERFACE LAYER; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR FILMS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; PENTACENES; PERYLENE DERIVATIVES; SURFACE ENERGIES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID FILMS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER FILMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 70349337701     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/423101     Document Type: Article

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