Pronounced polarization-induced energy level shifts at boundaries of organic semiconductor nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cochrane, K A ^a   Schiffrin, A ^a,b   Roussy, T S ^a   Capsoni, M ^a   Burke, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3,4,9,10 PERYLENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE); NANOMATERIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY; CONDUCTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULE; POLARIZATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84943328505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9312     Document Type: Article

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