In-plane orientation control of 2,7-diphenyl[1]benzothieno[3,2- b ][1]benzothiophene monolayer on bismuth-terminated Si(111) vicinal surfaces with wettability optimization

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11555-11561

  Ohtomo, Manabu ^a,b,c   Tsuchida, Yuya ^a   Muraya, Naoki ^a   Yanase, Takashi ^a   Sakai, Seiji ^c   Yonezawa, Tetsu ^a   Nagahama, Taro ^a   Hasegawa, Tetsuya ^b,d   Shimada, Toshihiro ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON; THIOPHENE; WETTING;

3-FOLD SYMMETRY; ANISOTROPIC TEMPLATES; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS; ORIENTATION CONTROL; SILICON SURFACES; SINGLE ORIENTATIONS; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84879333891     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3117837     Document Type: Article

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