Influence of merocyanine molecular dipole moments on the valence levels in thin films and the interface energy level alignment with au(111)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 19031-19037

  Krause, Stefan ^a   Stolte, Matthias ^b   Würthner, Frank ^b   Koch, Norbert ^a,c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION STRUCTURES; DIPOLAR MOLECULES; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; INTERFACE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DIPOLE MOMENT; PERMANENT DIPOLES; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

ALIGNMENT; DIPOLE MOMENT; MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84884575034     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4060395     Document Type: Article

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