Comprehensive studies of the electronic structure of pristine and potassium doped chrysene investigated by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Roth, Friedrich ^a   Mahns, Benjamin ^a   Schönfelder, Ronny ^a   Hampel, Silke ^a   Nohr, Markus ^a   Büchner, Bernd ^a,b   Knupfer, Martin ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE LEVELS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXCITED STATES; PLASMONS; POTASSIUM;

CHARGE CARRIER PLASMON; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION SPECTRA; KRAMERS-KRONIG ANALYSIS; LOW-ENERGY EXCITATIONS; MOLECULAR SOLID; MOMENTUM-DEPENDENT; PLASMON DISPERSION; POTASSIUM DOPING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CHRYSENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PRISTINE (C60);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CHRYSENES; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS;

EID: 84866893049     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4753999     Document Type: Article

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