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2014
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Adsorption height alignment at heteromolecular hybrid interfaces
Adsorption height alignment at heteromolecular hybrid interfaces
The formation of metalorganic hybrid interfaces is determined by the fine balance between molecule-substrate and molecule-molecule interactions at the interface. Here, we report on a systematic investigation of interfaces between a metal surface and organic monolayer films that consist of two differ...
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Personal Name(s): | Stadtmüller, Benjamin (Corresponding Author) |
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Schröder, Sonja / Posseik, Francois / Henneke, Caroline / Kleimann, Christoph / Subach, Sergey / Willenbockel, Martin / Detlefs, Blanka / Zegenhagen, Jörg / Lee, Tien-Lin / Tautz, Frank Stefan / Kumpf, Christian | |
Contributing Institute: |
Quantum Nanoscience; PGI-3 |
Published in: | Physical Review B Physical review / B, 89 89 (2014 2014) 16 16, S. 161407 161407 |
Imprint: |
College Park, Md.
APS
2014
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DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.161407 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Spin-based and quantum information |
Link: |
OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.161407 in citations.
The formation of metalorganic hybrid interfaces is determined by the fine balance between molecule-substrate and molecule-molecule interactions at the interface. Here, we report on a systematic investigation of interfaces between a metal surface and organic monolayer films that consist of two different molecular species, one donor and one acceptor of electronic charge. Our x-ray standing wave data show that in heteromolecular structures, the molecules tend to align themselves to an adsorption height between those observed in the respective homomolecular structures. We attribute this alignment effect to a substrate-mediated charge transfer between the molecules, which causes a mutual enhancement of their respective donor and acceptor characters. We argue that this effect is of general validity for π-conjugated molecules adsorbing on noble metal surfaces |