Effects of potassium on the supramolecular structure and electronic properties of eumelanin thin films

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 19007-19013

  Borghetti, Patrizia ^a   Goldoni, Andrea ^b   Castellarin Cudia, Carla ^b   Casalis, Loredana ^b   Herberg, Fabian ^c   Floreano, Luca ^d   Cossaro, Albano ^d   Verdini, Alberto ^d   Gebauer, Ralph ^e,f   Ghosh, Prasenjit ^e   Sangaletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^f DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP CASTING; EUMELANINS; FILM GRANULARITY; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; LOW-LYING STATE; SOFT-X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL WEIGHT; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GOLD COATINGS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BROMIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EUMELANIN; GLASS; GOLD; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; MELANIN; MICA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; VOLATILIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BROMIDES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPLATING; GLASS; GOLD; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650196470     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la102973u     Document Type: Article

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