Band alignment in molecular devices: Influence of anchoring group and metal work function

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Jian Guo ^a,c   Prodan, Emil ^b   Car, Roberto ^a   Selloni, Annabella ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 46149093206     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245443     Document Type: Article

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