Journal
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 822-828Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cg501621k
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Funding
- NSF [DMR-1056861]
- U.S. Department of Energy, OS, BES, MSE [DE-FG02-98ER4S737]
- ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
- GAANN fellowship
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1056861] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The transition from an electrode-dominated ordered monolayer structure to a bulk-like thin film crystal structure of 2,8-difluoro-5,11-bis(triethylsilylethynyl) anthradithiophene (diF-TES-ADT) is observed to occur over at least the first four molecular layers near the electrode surface. Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of the growth of diF-TES-ADT on Au(111) show that the first two molecular layers assemble with aromatic planes parallel to the substrate surface. The monolayer structures are highly stable and well-ordered, while the bilayer structures are more loosely packed and poorly ordered. Subsequent diF-TES-ADT growth results in a more bulk-like layer containing standing up molecular configurations approaching the (001) crystal face as observed by grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering measurements. However, the third and fourth monolayers also show poor long-range ordering and an apparent height modulation that indicate significant strain effects from the substrate still persist.
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