Electron microscopy reveals structure and morphology of one molecule thin organic films

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1295-1299

  Altoe, Virginia ^a   Martin, Florent ^b,c   Katan, Allard ^b   Salmeron, Miquel ^a,b,c   Aloni, Shaul ^a  

^a Molecular Foundry   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electron diffraction; Langmuir Blodgett; low dose; Organic monolayer; polythiopene; scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

LANGMUIR-BLODGETT; LOW-DOSE; ORGANIC MONOLAYERS; POLYTHIOPENE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84858213506     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203776n     Document Type: Article

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