Organic dipole layers for ultralow work function electrodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9173-9180

  Ford, William E ^a   Gao, Deqing ^a   Knorr, Nikolaus ^a   Wirtz, Rene ^a   Scholz, Frank ^a   Karipidou, Zoi ^a   Ogasawara, Kodo ^a   Rosselli, Silvia ^a   Rodin, Vadim ^a   Nelles, Gabriele ^a   Von Wrochem, Florian ^a  

^a Sony Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

injection barrier; interface dipole; molecular dipole; organic electronics; self assembled monolayer; work function

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIOUS METALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; WORK FUNCTION;

ELECTRICAL STABILITY; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; INJECTION BARRIERS; INTERFACE DIPOLE; MOLECULAR DIPOLE; NOBLE METAL ELECTRODES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84922948719     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502794z     Document Type: Article

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