2D self-assembly of fused oligothiophenes: Molecular control of morphology

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7973-7980

  Fu, Chaoying ^a   Rosei, Federico ^b   Perepichka, Dmitrii F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydrogen bonded networks; oligothiophene semiconductors; polymorphism; scanning tunneling microscopy; self assembly at interfaces

Indexed keywords

2D SELF-ASSEMBLY; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GEOMETRIC DIFFERENCE; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN BONDED NETWORK; LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES; MOLECULAR CONTROLS; MONOLAYER STRUCTURES; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; POROUS NETWORKS; SECONDARY INTERACTIONS; SULFUR ATOMS; SYNTHONS; TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOMERS; MONOLAYERS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMORPHISM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOMATERIAL; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84866708371     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3025139     Document Type: Article

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