Two-dimensional IR-visible sum frequency generation spectroscopy: A unique probe of surface electronic states at buried interfaces

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7396, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Qifeng ^a   Chou, Keng C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

conjugated polymer surfaces; doubly resonant sum frequency generation; electronic transitions; MEH PPV

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BENZENE RING; BURIED INTERFACE; CONJUGATION LENGTH; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; GAUSSIANS; MEH-PPV; METHOXY; MONOMER UNITS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC DEVICES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PROBE SURFACE; SOLID INTERFACES; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STATE;

BENZENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STATES; ION EXCHANGE; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OLIGOMERS; PROBES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79959720215     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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