Filled and empty states of alkanethiol monolayer on Au (1 1 1): Fermi level asymmetry and implications for electron transport

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 511, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 344-347

  Qi, Yabing ^a   Yaffe, Omer ^b   Tirosh, Einat ^b   Vilan, Ayelet ^b   Cahen, David ^b   Kahn, Antoine ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOL MOLECULES; ALKANETHIOL MONOLAYERS; AU(1 1 1 ); CHARGE CARRIER TUNNELING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EMPTYSTATE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

FERMI LEVEL;

EID: 79960925329     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.06.050     Document Type: Article

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