Heteromolecular metal-organic interfaces: Electronic and structural fingerprints of chemical bonding

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

Volumn 204, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-91

  Stadtmüller, Benjamin ^a,b   Schröder, Sonja ^a,b   Kumpf, Christian ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Section JARA FIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heteromolecular thin films; Metal organic interfaces; Molecular adsorption; Orbital tomography; X ray standing waves

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METALS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PRECIOUS METALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLENDS; ELECTRONIC AND GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACE; MOLECULAR ADSORPTION; X-RAY STANDING WAVES;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84942504134     PISSN: 03682048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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