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Organic Nanofibers from PPTPP

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The growth of 2,5-Di-4-biphenyl-thiophene (PPTPP) on the dielectric substrates NaCl, KCl, KAP, muscovite mica, and phlogopite mica is investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence microscopy. In all cases fibers are formed with several ten nanometers height and several hundred nanometers width, respectively. Only for PPTPP on muscovite mica the fibers are mutually parallel aligned along a single substrate direction, i.e. along muscovite <110>. This uniaxial growth is explained by an electrostatic interaction between the molecules and surface electric fields in combination with epitaxy. The various growth directions on other substrates are dictated by epitaxy alone.

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  1. Syddansk Universitet, Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, 6400, ?Alsion 2, Sønderborg, DK, Denmark

    Frank Balzer, Manuela Schiek & Horst-Günter Rubahn

  2. University of Bonn, Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, D-53121, ?Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, Bonn, Germany

    Arne Lützen

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    Balzer, F., Schiek, M., Lützen, A., Rubahn, HG. (2009). Organic Nanofibers from PPTPP. In: Al-Shamery, K., Horowitz, G., Sitter, H., Rubahn, HG. (eds) Interface Controlled Organic Thin Films. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 129. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95930-4_2

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