Nanoscale uniform self-assembled monolayers of fluorescent zinc(II) complexes on the Si(100) surface

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Di Bella, Santo ^a   Consiglio, Giuseppe ^a   La Spina, Giuseppe ^a   Oliva, Cecilia ^b   Cricenti, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; SILICON; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

NANO SCALING; SI SURFACE; SI(100); ZINC(II);

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 52349092242     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2977897     Document Type: Article

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