Understanding the adsorption of CuPc and ZnPc on noble metal surfaces by combining quantum-mechanical modelling and photoelectron spectroscopy

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2969-2992

  Huang, Yu Li ^a,b   Wruss, Elisabeth ^c   Egger, David A ^c,h   Kera, Satoshi ^b   Ueno, Nobuo ^b   Saidi, Wissam A ^d   Bucko, Tomas ^e,f,g   Wee, Andrew T S ^a   Zojer, Egbert ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^e Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Band Structure; Hybrid Functional; Metal Organic Interface; Phthalocyanine; Quantum Mechanical Simulation; Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Van Der Waals Interaction

Indexed keywords

COPPER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHTHALOCYANINE; ZN(II) PHTHALOCYANINE; ZN(II)-PHTHALOCYANINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; COPPER; INDOLES; METALS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84896962856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19032969     Document Type: Article

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