Fractal growth in organic thin films: Experiments and modeling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Gengxin ^a   Weeks, Brandon ^a,b   Gee, Richard ^c   Maiti, Amitesh ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION MECHANISM; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DENDRITE FORMATION; DIFFUSION LIMITED; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; FRACTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DESORPTION; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; SILICON SURFACES; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED PROCESS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DESORPTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 70450235257     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3238316     Document Type: Article

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