Free-electron-like dispersion in an organic monolayer film on a metal substrate

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7117, 2006, Pages 350-353

  Temirov, R ^a   Soubatch, S ^a   Luican, A ^a   Tautz, F S ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

BAND DISPERSION; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PARABOLIC DISPERSION;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

METAL; SILVER;

ELECTRON; FILM; METAL; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DISPERSION; ELECTRON; MOLECULE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33751120145     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05270     Document Type: Article

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