Molecular beam deposition of crystalline layers of polar perhydrotriphenylene inclusion compounds characterised by second harmonic generation microscopy
A. Quintel et al., Molecular beam deposition of crystalline layers of polar perhydrotriphenylene inclusion compounds characterised by second harmonic generation microscopy, J MAT CHEM, 10(1), 2000, pp. 27-30
Polar inclusion compounds of perhydrotriphenylene (PHTP) were grown in nm t
o mu m thick crystalline layers on glass and sapphire substrates. Nucleatio
n was facilitated by using silanised glass. Second harmonic generation micr
oscopy and confocal second harmonic generation microscopy were used to iden
tify the deposition of polar PHTP-guest layers and to determine the growth
direction. Channels formed by the inclusion compound were found to grow par
allel to the glass substrate.