Densely Packed ZnTPPs Monolayer on the Rutile TiO2(110)-(1 × 1) Surface: Adsorption Behavior and Energy Level Alignment

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4430-4437

  Rangan, Sylvie ^a   Ruggieri, Charles ^a   Bartynski, Robert ^a   Martínez, José Ignacio ^b   Flores, Fernando ^c   Ortega, José ^c  

^a State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; MONOLAYERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; BARRIER HEIGHTS; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNEL MICROSCOPY; TETRAPHENYL PORPHYRINS; THEORETICAL METHODS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84960153723     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12736     Document Type: Article

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