Vacuum level alignment at organic/metal junctions: "cushion" effect and the interface dipole

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Witte, Gregor ^a   Lukas, Simon ^a   Bagus, Paul S ^a,b   Wöll, Christof ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC LEVEL ALIGNMENT; METAL SURFACES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; VACUUM LEVEL ALIGNMENT;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 29744449346     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2151253     Document Type: Article

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