Template-directed molecular assembly on silicon carbide nanomesh: Comparison between CuPc and pentacene

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 849-854

  Chen, Shi ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Huanh, Han ^a   Gao, Xingyu ^a   Qi, Dongchen ^a   Wang, Yuzhan ^a   Wee, Andrew T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Copper phthalocyanine; Nanomesh; Pentacene; SiC; STM; Template

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; AMORPHOUS LAYER; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; GRAPHENES; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MOLECULAR ARRAYS; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DENSITY; MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES; NANOMESH; PENTACENES; PLANAR MOLECULES; RANDOM MIXTURES; SINGLE MOLECULE; TEMPLATE-DIRECTED ASSEMBLY;

ADSORPTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; COPPER; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 77649097216     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901476m     Document Type: Conference Paper

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