Nanoscale structural and electronic properties of ultrathin blends of two polyaromatic molecules: A Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy investigation

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 847-853

  Palermo, Vincenzo ^a   Morelli, Susanna ^a   Palma, Matteo ^b   Simpson, Christopher ^c   Nolde, Fabian ^c   Herrmann, Andreas ^c   Müllen, Klaus ^c   Samorì, Paolo ^a,b  

^a Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor acceptor systems; Electron transport; Electrostatic interactions; Nanostructures; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COULOMB INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICA; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROBES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE POTENTIAL;

DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PACKING DENSITY; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYAROMATIC MOLECULES; SINGLE-COMPONENT FILMS; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 33645817731     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200500480     Document Type: Article

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