Mapping atomic contact between pentacene and a Au surface using scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 996-999

  Song, Young Jae ^a,b   Lee, Kyuho ^a,c   Kim, Seong Heon ^a   Choi, Byoung Young ^a   Yu, Jaejun ^a   Kuk, Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface states; Pentacene; Scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ATOMIC CONTACTS; AU SURFACES; GOLD CONTACTS; GOLD INTERFACE; GOLD SUBSTRATES; INTERFACE STATE; PENTACENES; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NAPHTHACENE DERIVATIVE; PENTACENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NAPHTHACENES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77949429104     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl904119y     Document Type: Article

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