@article{ScholzSauerWiessneretal.2013,
  author    = {Scholz, M. and Sauer, C. and Wiessner, M. and Nguyen, N. and Scholl, A. and Reinert, F.},
  title     = {Structure formation in organic thin films observed in real time by energy dispersive near-edge x-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy},
  series = {New Journal of Physics},
  volume    = {15},
  journal   = {New Journal of Physics},
  number    = {083052},
  doi       = {10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/083052},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-129749},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {We study the structure formation of 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylicacid- dianhydride (NTCDA) multilayer films on Ag(111) surfaces by energy dispersive near-edge x-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) and photoelectron spectroscopy. The time resolution of seconds of the method allows us to identify several sub-processes, which occur during the post-growth three-dimensional structural ordering, as well as their characteristic time scales. After deposition at low temperature the NTCDA molecules are preferentially flat lying and the films exhibit no long-range order. Upon annealing the molecules flip into an upright orientation followed by an aggregation in a transient phase which exists for several minutes. Finally, threedimensional islands are established with bulk-crystalline structure involving substantial mass transport on the surface and morphological roughening. By applying the Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami model the activation energies of the temperature-driven sub-processes can be derived from the time evolution of the NEXAFS signal.},
  language  = {en}
}