Theoretical study of PTCDA adsorbed on the coinage metal surfaces, Ag(111), Au(111) and Cu(111)

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Romaner, L ^a,b   Nabok, D ^a   Puschnig, P ^a   Zojer, E ^b   Ambrosch Draxl, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU SURFACES; AU(1 1 1 ); BINDING DISTANCE; COINAGE METALS; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; CU SURFACES; CU(1 1 1); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DISPERSION INTERACTION; DISPERSIVE INTERACTIONS; FERMI ENERGY; FUNCTIONALIZED MATERIALS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METALLIC SURFACE; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NONLOCAL; PERYLENE; TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID; THEORETICAL BASIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VAN DER WAALS; X-RAY STANDING WAVES;

ADSORPTION; ALIGNMENT; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLUORESCENCE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; SURFACES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 67649535644     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/5/053010     Document Type: Article

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