Scanning tunneling spectroscopy simulations of poly(3-dodecylthiophene) chains adsorbed on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Dubois, M ^a   Latil, S ^b   Scifo, L ^a   Grevin B ^a   Rubio, Angel ^c,d  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Fac de Quimicas Univ de C   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RELAXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; OLEFINS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-DODECYLTHIOPHENE) POLYMER CHAINS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY (STS); SPECTROSCOPIC CALCULATIONS; TIGHT BINDING (TB) TECHNIQUE;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33746318357     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2216690     Document Type: Article

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