Polymorphism in self-assembled terphenylthiolate monolayers on Au(111)

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 13449-13456

  Bashir, Asif ^a   Azzam, Waleed ^b,c   Rohwerder, Michael ^a   Terfort, Andreas ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU (111) SUBSTRATES; DISULFIDE BONDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING CONDITIONS; ORDERED PHASIS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRIPE PATTERN; WELL-ORDERED STRUCTURE;

COVALENT BONDS; MOLECULES;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84887574372     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403116r     Document Type: Article

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