Orientation-dependent ionization energies and interface dipoles in ordered molecular assemblies

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-332

  Duhm, Steffen ^a   Heimel, Georg ^a   Salzmann, Ingo ^a   Glowatzki, Hendrik ^a   Johnson, Robert L ^b   Vollmer, Antje ^c   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a   Koch, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYERS; MONOLAYER MORPHOLOGY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 41149131198     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2119     Document Type: Article

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