Organic molecules on metals

Koch N, Kahn A, Ghijsen J, Pireaux J-J, Schwartz J, Johnson RL, Elschner A (2003) Conjugated organic molecules on metal versus polymer electrodes demonstration of a key energy level alignment mechanism. Appl Phys Lett 82 70 Cahen D, Kahn A (2003) Electron energetics at surfaces and interfaces concepts and... 

In the following we will briefly sketch the most important principles governing organic molecular beam deposition of organic molecules on metallic substrates. 

A. Ihs, Ph.D. Thesis, Organic Molecules on Metal Surfaces Structural Studies Using Infrared and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Linkoping University, Linkoping, 1993. 

In fact, nowadays large-scale DFT-based computations are feasible on parallel computers and have been applied to the study of the structure and dynamics of few nanoscale systems using the CP method. These include metallofullerenes [244], peptide nanostructures [245], carbon nanotubes [246], sodium nanowires [247] and, more recently, large organic molecules on metal surfaces [248]. 

In the weeks before submission of this review, Wagner et al. reported a protocol for extracting the adsorption energy of organic molecules on metal surfaces from NC-AFM d/(z) spectra. This involved a sophisticated and comprehensive exploration of the multi-dimensional parameter space... 

SAMs of thiol terminated organic molecules on metal surfaces such as gold, silver, and mercury are well known. However, the surface that has been investigated in more detail is gold [151] as it provides the more reproducible results. A series of authors [152-160] have reported on the synthesis of macrocyclics functionalized with moieties containing—SH or disulfide-S-S- groups. Using these approaches, it... 

E., Stensgaard, 1., joachim, C., and Besenbacher, F. (2003) Properties of large organic molecules on metal surfaces. Prog. Sutf. Sd., 71, 95-146. 

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