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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.432, 83-U16, 2005
Molecular alignment of n-alkanes and head-to-tail-type poly(3-alkylthiophene) on substrates: Study with films prepared by casting and vacuum deposition
Cast and vacuum-deposited films of several kinds of n-alkanes with different crystal systems were made on a glass substrate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) data showed that n-alkane molecules in both the cast and the vacuum-deposited films were essentially aligned perpendicularly on the substrate. When the vacuum-deposited film of n-alkane became thicker, the XRD pattern indicated that n-alkane molecules in the upper layer lay on the perpendicularly aligned n-alkane layer. Molecular alignment of the film of head-to-tail-type poly(3-hexylthiophene-2, 5-diyl), HT-P3HexTh, also depended on the thickness of the film.