The nature of the aluminum-aluminum oxide interface: A nanoscale picture of the interfacial structure and energy-level alignment

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 569-574

  Kim, Eung Gun ^a,b   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Aluminum oxide; Density functional theory; Interface structure; Interfacial level alignment; Work function

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; WORK FUNCTION;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; INTERFACIAL LEVELS; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; NANOSCALE PICTURES; OXIDE INTERFACES; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

EID: 84872099260     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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