Fine-tuning the electrostatic properties of an alkali-linked organic adlayer on a metal substrate

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 8059-8065

  Floris, Andrea ^a   Comisso, Alessio ^a   De Vita, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

alkali; DFT; interfacial dipole; level alignment; organic electronics; self assembly; TCNQ

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; DFT; INTERFACIAL DIPOLES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; TCNQ;

ALIGNMENT; ALKALI METALS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 84884960384     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403274s     Document Type: Article

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