Nucleation and growth of thin films of rod-like conjugated molecules

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Hlawacek, Gregor ^a   Teichert, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FILM-FORMING PARTICLES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; TYPICAL MORPHOLOGY; UPRIGHT ORIENTATIONS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; THIN FILMS;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84875124844     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/14/143202     Document Type: Review

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