The electronic structure of mixed self-assembled monolayers

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6735-6746

  Rissner, Ferdinand ^a   Egger, David A ^a   Romaner, Lorenz ^a,b   Heimel, Georg ^c   Zojer, Egbert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band structure calculation; Heterogeneous surfaces; Intermolecular interactions; Metal organic interface; Mixed monolayer; Quantum mechanical modeling; Self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACE; MIXED MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL MODELING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE INTERFACES;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 78649538613     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102360d     Document Type: Article

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