Tunneling-electron-induced molecular luminescence from a nanoscale layer of organic molecules on metal substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 969-971

  Guo, X L ^a   Dong, Z C ^a   Trifonov, A S ^a   Yokoyama, S ^b   Mashiko, S ^b   Okamoto, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Kansai Advanced Research Center   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

DECOUPLING; MOLECULAR LUMINESCENCE; NANOSCALE LAYER; QUENCHING EFFECTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 1542337029     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1646456     Document Type: Article

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