Crystalline-to-plastic phase transitions in molecularly thin n -dotriacontane films adsorbed on solid surfaces

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Cisternas, Edgardo A ^a   Corrales, Tomás P ^a   Del Campo, Valeria ^a   Soza, Pamela A ^a   Volkmann, Ulrich G ^a   Bai, Mengjun ^b   Taub, Haskell ^b   Hansen, Flemming Y ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE CHAINS; ELLIPSOMETERS; GAUCHE DEFECTS; LONG AXIS; MOLECULARLY THIN FILMS; N-ALKANES; NORMAL ALKANE; PLASTIC PHASE; ROTATOR PHASE; SOLID SUBSTRATES; SOLID SURFACE; SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUBMONOLAYER FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELLIPSOMETRY; FILM PREPARATION; MONOLAYERS; PARAFFINS; ROTATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 72949084570     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3213642     Document Type: Article

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