Planar growth of pentacene on the dielectric TiO2(110) surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4664-4672

  Lanzilotto, Valeria ^a   Sanchez Sanchez, Carlos ^b   Bavdek, Gregor ^c   Cvetko, Dean ^c   Lopez, Maria F ^b   Martin Gago, José A ^b   Floreano, Luca ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK-LIKE; CHARGE TRANSPORT; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; GROWTH MODES; HOMEOTROPIC; INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION; LONG AXIS; MOLECULAR AXIS; MONOLAYER COVERAGE; NEAR-EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION; PENTACENE CRYSTALS; PENTACENES; PHYSISORBED; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; STOICHIOMETRIC SURFACES; SUBSTRATE LATTICE; SURFACE COVERAGES; TIO;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MONOLAYERS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79952843177     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp111011z     Document Type: Article

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