Electron transmission through organized organic thin films studied by discrete initial electron kinetic energies

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-451

  Haran, A ^a   Naaman, R ^a   Ashkenasy, G ^a   Shanzer, A ^a   Quast, T ^b   Winter, B ^b   Hertel, I V ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

73.20.At Surface states, band structure, electron density of states; 73.61.Ph Polymers; organic compounds; 79.60.Dp Adsorbed layers and thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011773103     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050711     Document Type: Article

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