Electronic decoupling of aromatic molecules from a metal by an atomically thin organic spacer

Advanced Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4450-4454

  Forker, Roman ^a   Kasemann, Daniel ^a   Dienel, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a   Franke, Robert ^a   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Fritz, Torsten ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HYDROCARBONS; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AROMATIC MOLECULES; AU(111); ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; ELECTRONIC DECOUPLING; LATTICE PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL ABSORBANCE; ORGANIC SPACERS; QUATERRYLENE;

GOLD;

EID: 57349110537     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801112     Document Type: Article

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