Lattice matching as the determining factor for molecular tilt and multilayer growth mode of the nanographene hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21484-21493

  Beyer, Paul ^a   Breuer, Tobias ^b   Ndiaye, Saliou ^b   Zykov, Anton ^a   Viertel, Andreas ^a   Gensler, Manuel ^a   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a   Hecht, Stefan ^a   Witte, Gregor ^b   Kowarik, Stefan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

morphology of films; nanographene; organic semiconductor; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHITE; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SILICA; SILICON; THIN FILMS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; HEXA-PERI-HEXABENZOCORONENES; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; MULTILAYER GROWTH; NANOGRAPHENE; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84917695051     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506465b     Document Type: Article

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