Spectroscopic fingerprints of work-function-controlled phthalocyanine charging on metal surfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12786-12795

  Borghetti, Patrizia ^a,b   El Sayed, Afaf ^b,c   Goiri, Elizabeth ^a,b   Rogero, Celia ^a,b   Lobo Checa, Jorge ^b   Floreano, Luca ^d   Ortega, Jose Enrique ^a,b,c   De Oteyza, Dimas G ^a,b  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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

^d LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

energy level alignment; metal organic interfaces; molecular blends; NEXAFS; photoemission

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOEMISSION; SUBSTRATES; WORK FUNCTION;

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; METAL COMBINATION; METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACE; NEXAFS; ORGANIC-BASED DEVICES; SPECTROSCOPIC FINGERPRINTS;

METALS;

EID: 84919725885     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5060333     Document Type: Article

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