Organic planar heterojunctions: from models for interfaces in bulk heterojunctions to high‐performance solar cells

K Nakano, K Tajima - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress regarding planar heterojunctions (PHJs) is reviewed, with respect to the
fundamental understanding of the photophysical processes at the donor/acceptor interfaces …

MAIRS: Innovation of molecular orientation analysis in a thin film

T Hasegawa, N Shioya - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Multiple-angle incidence resolution spectrometry (MAIRS), originally developed in our
group, is a unique spectroscopic technique for analyzing the structure of molecular …

The nuts and bolts of core-hole constrained ab initio simulation for K-shell x-ray photoemission and absorption spectra

BP Klein, SJ Hall, RJ Maurer - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
X-ray photoemission (XPS) and near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)
spectroscopy play an important role in investigating the structure and electronic structure of …

Binding and electronic level alignment of π-conjugated systems on metals

A Franco-Cañellas, S Duhm, A Gerlach… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the binding and energy level alignment of π-conjugated systems on metals, a
field which during the last two decades has seen tremendous progress both in terms of …

Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy in studies of self-assembled monomolecular films

M Zharnikov - Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article reviews the application of near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)
spectroscopy to characterization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) which are an …

Shape control in 2D molecular nanosheets by tuning anisotropic intermolecular interactions and assembly kinetics

M Dreher, PM Dombrowski, MW Tripp… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Since molecular materials often decompose upon exposure to radiation, lithographic
patterning techniques established for inorganic materials are usually not applicable for the …

Hexacene on Cu (110) and Ag (110): influence of the substrate on molecular orientation and interfacial charge transfer

MS Sättele, A Windischbacher… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hexacene, composed of six linearly fused benzene rings, is an organic semiconductor
material with superior electronic properties. The fundamental understanding of the electronic …

Engineering of Printable and Air‐Stable Silver Electrodes with High Work Function using Contact Primer Layer: From Organometallic Interphases to Sharp Interfaces

F Widdascheck, D Bischof… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Contact engineering is an important issue for organic electronics as it allows to reduce
charge carrier injection barriers. While the use of molecular contact primer layers to control …

Long-Term Degradation Mechanisms in Application-Implemented Radical Thin Films

EM Nowik-Boltyk, T Junghoefer, M Glaser… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Blatter radical derivatives are very attractive due to their potential applications, ranging from
batteries to quantum technologies. In this work, we focus on the latest insights regarding the …

Exceptional dewetting of organic semiconductor films: the case of dinaphthothienothiophene (DNTT) at dielectric interfaces

T Breuer, A Karthäuser, H Klemm… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The novel organic semiconductor dinaphthothienothiophene (DNTT) has gained
considerable interest because its large charge carrier mobility and distinct chemical …