Formation of solid-state excitons in ultrathin crystalline films of PTCDA: From single molecules to molecular stacks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Proehl, Holger ^a   Dienel, Thomas ^a   Nitsche, Robert ^a   Fritz, Torsten ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DESORPTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIMERS; EXCITONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MONOLAYERS; MONOMERS; MULTILAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CHARGE TRANSFER EXCITONS (CTE); FRESNEL EQUATIONS; ORGANIC MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (OMBE); PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE (PTCDA);

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EID: 19544385937     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.097403     Document Type: Article

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