Conspectus Molecular deposition on solid surfaces forms crystalline or amorphous/glassy
thin solid films. Intermolecular interactions govern the packing and dynamics of these films …

The vibration-based electret generators (EGs) for energy harvesting have been extensively
studied because they can obtain electrical energy from ambient vibrations. EGs exhibit a …

The spontelectric state of matter is exemplified by the presence of static, spontaneous
electric fields extending throughout thin films of dipolar solids. The spontelectric state was …

Reflection–absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) is shown to provide a means of
observing the spontelectric phase of matter, the defining characteristic of which is the …

Reflection–absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) of nitrous oxide (N2O) thin films is
shown to provide an independent means of observing the spontelectric state, the first new …

Films of 1-butanol were vapor deposited under vacuum conditions at cryogenic
temperatures on a polycrystalline platinum foil. Kelvin probe measurements showed the …

It is shown here how new experimental data, for the electrical properties of solid CO, can be
used to fill important gaps in our understanding of the evolution of prestellar cores. Dust …

Films of dipolar molecules formed by physical vapor deposition are, in general,
spontaneously polarized, with implications ranging from electron transfer in molecular …

Reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) is used to show that when 20
monolayer (ML) films of solid CO are laid down on solid water substrates at 20 to 24 K, the …

The existence of molecular orientational order in nanometer-thick films of molecules has
long been implied by surface potential measurements. However, direct quantitative …