Tunable interface properties between pentacene and graphene on the SiC substrate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3969-3975

  Liu, Xianjie ^a   Grüneis, Alexander ^b   Haberer, Danny ^c   Fedorov, Alexander V ^c   Vilkov, Oleg ^d   Strupinski, Wlodek ^e   Pichler, Thomas ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON INJECTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

COPPER-HEXADECAFLUOROPHTHALOCYANINE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; GRAPHITE SURFACES; HOLE INJECTION BARRIERS; INTERFACE PROPERTY; MODIFIED SURFACES; MOLECULAR STACKING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84874604878     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3103518     Document Type: Article

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