A chemically inert Rashba split interface electronic structure of C 60, FeOEP and PTCDA on BiAg2/Ag(111) substrates

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cottin, Maren C ^a   Lobo Checa, Jorge ^b   Schaffert, Johannes ^a   Bobisch, Christian A ^a   Möller, Rolf ^a   Ortega, J Enrique ^b,c,d   Walter, Andrew L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARPES; giant spin splitting; organic electronics; spintronics; surface states

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE STATES;

ARPES; INTERFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METALLIC SCREENING; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANIC OVERLAYERS; SPIN SPLITTINGS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84899565219     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/4/045002     Document Type: Article

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