Standing and flat lying α-6T molecules probed by imaging photoelectron spectroscopy

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-446

  Wagner, Thorsten ^a   Fritz, Daniel Roman ^a   Zeppenfeld, Peter ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ag(1 1 0); Electronic structure; Local photoelectron spectroscopy (PES UPS); Nanocrystallites; Photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM); sexithiophene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NEEDLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; WETTING;

ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; LOCAL PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (PES/UPS); PHOTO-ELECTRON EMISSION; PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION MICROSCOPY; REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATIONS; SEXITHIOPHENES; SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES;

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78651573476     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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