Tuning the packing density of 2D supramolecular self-assemblies at the solid-liquid interface using variable temperature

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1288-1292

  Marie, Camille ^a,b   Silly, Fabien ^a,b   Tortech, Ludovic ^a,b   Müllen, Klaus ^c   Fichou, Denis ^a,b  

^a les Atomes et les Molecules   (France)

^b Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phase diagram; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Self assembly; Supramolecular; Temperature

Indexed keywords

2-D PACKING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GOLD SURFACES; HEXABENZOCORONENE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID/SOLID INTERFACE; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKING DENSITY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM); SELF-ASSEMBLED; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; STM IMAGES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SUPRAMOLECULAR; SUPRAMOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CRYSTALS; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE; VERSATILE TOOLS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND TUNNELS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77950176214     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901717k     Document Type: Article

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