Optically induced inter- and intrafacial electron transfer probed by two-photon photoemission: Electronic states of sexithiophene on Au(111)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-256

  Varene, Erwan ^a   Martin, Isabel ^a   Tegeder, Petra ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(1 1 1 ); ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGETIC POSITION; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INTRAMOLECULAR EXCITATIONS; LOCALIZED EXCITON; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METALLIC SUBSTRATE; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SEXITHIOPHENES; TRANSIENT POPULATION; TWO-PHOTON PHOTOEMISSION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 79952918432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1016203     Document Type: Article

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