Interface energetics and level alignment at covalent metal-molecule junctions: π-conjugated thiols on gold

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Heimel, Georg ^a   Romaner, Lorenz ^a,b   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a   Zojer, Egbert ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; FERMI LEVEL; GOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COVALENT METAL-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; INTERFACE ENERGETICS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; THIOLS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33646738424     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.196806     Document Type: Article

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