Energy‐level alignment at organic/metal and organic/organic interfaces

S Braun, WR Salaneck, M Fahlman - Advanced materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In this Review, we summarize recent work on modeling of organic/metal and organic/organic
interfaces. Some of the models discussed have a semiempirical approach, that is …

Organic surfaces exposed by self-assembled organothiol monolayers: Preparation, characterization, and application

M Kind, C Wöll - Progress in Surface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Organic surfaces play a major role in materials science. Most surfaces that we touch in our
daily lives are made from organic materials, eg, vegetables, fruit, skin, wood, and textiles …

Molecular tunnel junctions based on π-conjugated oligoacene thiols and dithiols between Ag, Au, and Pt contacts: effect of surface linking group and metal work …

BS Kim, SH Choi, XY Zhu… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The tunneling resistance and electronic structure of metal–molecule–metal junctions based
on oligoacene (benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, and tetracene) thiol and dithiol …

Odd− even effects in charge transport across self-assembled monolayers

MM Thuo, WF Reus, CA Nijhuis… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
This paper compares charge transport across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of n-
alkanethiols containing odd and even numbers of methylenes. Ultraflat template-stripped …

Charge transport in molecular electronic junctions: Compression of the molecular tunnel barrier in the strong coupling regime

SY Sayed, JA Fereiro, H Yan… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Molecular junctions are essentially modified electrodes familiar to electrochemists where the
electrolyte is replaced by a conducting “contact.” It is generally hypothesized that changing …

Molecular mechanisms of electron-induced cross-linking in aromatic SAMs

A Turchanin, D Käfer, M El-Desawy, C Wöll… - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
When aromatic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are electron-irradiated, intermolecular
cross-links are formed and the SAMs transform into carbon nanosheets with molecular …

Modeling the Electronic Properties of π‐Conjugated Self‐Assembled Monolayers

G Heimel, F Rissner, E Zojer - Advanced Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The modification of electrode surfaces by depositing self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs)
provides the possibility for controlled adjustment of various key parameters in organic and …

Carbon nanomembranes from self-assembled monolayers: Functional surfaces without bulk

A Turchanin, A Gölzhäuser - Progress in Surface Science, 2012 - Elsevier
In this topical review we describe the fabrication, characterization and applications of 1nm
thick, mechanically stable carbon nanomembranes (CNMs). They represent a new type of …

Tuning the effective work function of gold and silver using ω-functionalized alkanethiols: varying surface composition through dilution and choice of terminal groups

DM Alloway, AL Graham, X Yang… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have been used to tune the effective work
function of gold over a range of ca. 1.8 eV via two strategies:(i) the use of ω-functionalized …

Inorganic–organic interfaces in hybrid solar cells

J Niederhausen, KA Mazzio… - Electronic …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we present important concepts to describe inorganic–organic interfaces in
hybrid solar cells. We discuss the formation of hybrid interfaces, provide an introduction to …