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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Imaging the Predicted Isomerism of Oligo(aniline)s: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study (Small 28/2015)
Author(s) -
Thomas James O.,
Andrade Hugo D.,
Mills Benjamin M.,
Fox Neil A.,
Hoerber Heinrich J. K.,
Faul Charl F. J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201570166
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , aniline , materials science , microscopy , molecule , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , scanning probe microscopy , alkyl , density functional theory , crystallography , polymer , scanning electron microscope , quantum tunnelling , nanotechnology , chemistry , computational chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , composite material
Scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory calculations are used by H. J. K. Hoerber, C. F. J. Faul, and co‐workers on page 3430 to identify and confirm cis/trans isomers of phenyl‐ and alkyl‐capped tetra(aniline). This isomerism is shown to inhibit molecular self‐assembly and therefore influence the performance of such molecules, and their parent polymer, poly(aniline), when confined to thin films for device applications.