Molecular topology and the surface chemical bond: alternant versus nonalternant aromatic systems as functional structural elements

BP Klein, NJ Van Der Heijden, SR Kachel, M Franke… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
The interaction of carbon-based aromatic molecules and nanostructures with metals can
strongly depend on the topology of their π-electron systems. This is shown with a model …

Binding energies of benzene on coinage metal surfaces: Equal stability on different metals

F Maaß, Y Jiang, W Liu, A Tkatchenko… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Interfaces between organic molecules and inorganic solids adapt a prominent role in
fundamental science, catalysis, molecular sensors, and molecular electronics. The …

Quantitative prediction of molecular adsorption: structure and binding of benzene on coinage metals

W Liu, F Maaß, M Willenbockel, C Bronner, M Schulze… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
Interfaces between organic molecules and solid surfaces play a prominent role in
heterogeneous catalysis, molecular sensors and switches, light-emitting diodes, and …

Energy ordering of molecular orbitals

P Puschnig, AD Boese, M Willenbockel… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Orbitals are invaluable in providing a model of bonding in molecules or between molecules
and surfaces. Most present-day methods in computational chemistry begin by calculating the …

Influence of molecular conformation on organic/metal interface energetics

N Koch, G Heimel, J Wu, E Zojer, RL Johnson… - Chemical physics …, 2005 - Elsevier
Using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS), we show that the conformation of a
conjugated organic molecule can be changed significantly upon adsorption on a metal …

Vertical bonding distances impact organic-metal interface energetics

S Duhm, C Bürker, T Hosokai, A Gerlach - Electronic Processes in Organic …, 2015 - Springer
The X-ray standing wave (XSW) technique is ideally suited to measure element-specific
bonding distances of organic (sub) monolayers on metal single crystalline surfaces. These …

Coverage-dependent interactions at the organics–metal interface: Quinonoid zwitterions on Au (111)

S Simpson, DA Kunkel, J Hooper, J Nitz… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The large intrinsic electric dipole of about 10 D of ap-benzoquinonemonoimine compound
from the class of N-alkyldiaminoresorcinone (or 4, 6-bisdialkylaminobenzene-1, 3-diones, ie …

Identifying Atomic-Level Correlation between Geometric and Electronic Structure at a Metal–Organic Interface

H Koshida, H Okuyama, S Hatta, T Aruga… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The interface of π-conjugated organic molecules with metal surfaces plays a crucial role in
determining the efficiency of organic-based electronic devices. Because the interface is …

Understanding structure and bonding of multilayered metal–organic nanostructures

DA Egger, VG Ruiz, WA Saidi, T Bučko… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
For organic and hybrid electronic devices, the physicochemical properties of the contained
interfaces play a dominant role. To disentangle the various interactions occurring at such …

Interface Energetics and Level Alignment at Covalent Metal-Molecule Junctions: <?format ?>-Conjugated Thiols on Gold

G Heimel, L Romaner, JL Brédas, E Zojer - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
The energetics at the interfaces between metal and monolayers of covalently bound organic
molecules is studied theoretically. Despite the molecules under consideration displaying …