The morphology of integrated self-assembled monolayers and their impact on devices - A computational and experimental approach

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1476-1482

  Novak, Michael ^a   Jäger, Christof M ^a   Rumpel, Armin ^a   Kropp, Henning ^a   Peukert, Wolfgang ^a   Clark, Timothy ^a   Halik, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Molecular electronics; Self assembling monolayers

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARAFFINS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYER ASSEMBLIES; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; SELF-ASSEMBLING MONOLAYERS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 77955552719     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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