Self-assembly of alkyl-substituted oligothiophenes on MoS2: A joint experimental/theoretical study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 21743-21751

  Afsharimani, Nasima ^a   Minoia, Andrea ^b   Volcke, Cédric ^a,d   Surin, Mathieu ^b   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^b   Balandier, Jean Yves ^c   Niebel, Claude ^c   Geerts, Yves H ^c   Nysten, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; CONJUGATED BACKBONES; CONJUGATED OLIGOMER; LIQUID/SOLID INTERFACE; MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; MOLECULAR MODELING SIMULATIONS; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84886652246     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404088p     Document Type: Article

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