A theoretical view on self-assembled monolayers in organic electronic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6999, Issue , 2008, Pages

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

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Interfaces; Level alignment; Molecular electronics; Organic electronics; Self assembled monolayer; Work function

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE INJECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; METALLIZING; METALS; MICROELECTRONICS; MISSILE BASES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONICS; PRECIOUS METALS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WORK FUNCTION;

ACTIVE LAYERS; CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; COVALENTLY BOUND; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; FERMI ENERGY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; IN ORDER; INTEGRAL PART; INTERFACE ENERGETICS; METALLIC ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NOBLE METALS; ONSET VOLTAGES; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS; SAM FORMATION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAMS); SINGLE MOLECULE (SM);

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 45749115036     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.785122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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