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Self-organization and Patterning of Multilayers of Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

David Salac
Affiliation:
dsalac@umich.edu
Wei Lu
Affiliation:
weilu@umich.edu, University of Michigan, United States
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Abstract

A phase field model is developed to simulate the molecular motion and patterning under the combined actions of dipole moments, intermolecular forces, entropy, and external electric field. The study reveals self-alignment, pattern conformation and the possibility to reduce the domain sizes via a layer by layer approach.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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