Formation of highly ordered organic molecular thin films on deactivated si surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2194-2201

  Wagner, Sean R ^a   Zhang, Pengpeng ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC MATERIALS; INORGANIC SUBSTRATES; MOLECULAR THIN FILM; ORDERED CONFIGURATION; ORGANIC MOLECULAR FILMS; SILICON-BASED ELECTRONICS; SUBMONOLAYER GROWTHS; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MOLECULES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84893232009     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4099599     Document Type: Article

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