Thin films formed from small molecules are rapidly gaining importance in different
technological fields. To explain their growth, methods developed for zero-dimensional atoms …

Detailed understanding of growth mechanisms in organic thin-film deposition is crucial for
tailoring growth morphologies, which in turn determine the physical properties of the …

In this article, some fundamental topics related to the initial steps of organic film growth are
reviewed. General conclusions will be drawn based on experimental results obtained for the …

A new route to bottom‐up organic nanotechnology is presented. Molecular building blocks
with specific optoelectronic properties are designed and grown via directed self‐assembly …

Para-hexaphenyl (6P) molecules were deposited in the submonolayer range on a sputter-
modified muscovite mica (001) surface by physical vapor deposition under ultrahigh vacuum …

The crystallographic order in sexiphenyl thin films on dielectric surfaces (like thermally
oxidized silicon, KCl (100), TiO 2 (110) mica (001)) and on metallic surfaces (like Au (111) …

We report on the impact of partial fluorination of para-sexiphenyl (6P) on the growth mode
when deposited on the non-polar ZnO (100) surface. The evolution of the thin film structure …

Ultra-thin films of para-hexaphenyl (6P) were prepared on muscovite mica (001) utilizing
organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD) under well defined ultra high vacuum (UHV) …

All relevant steps of discontinuous thin film growth of para-hexaphenylene on muscovite
mica (0 0 1) from wetting layer over small and large clusters to nanofibers are observed and …

We report on the morphological and nonlinear optical properties of highly ordered para-
sexiphenyl nanofibers grown by hot-wall epitaxy on muscovite mica. For suitable substrate …