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Lau, Chi Hian. "Chemical, electronic and electrochemical properties of diamond thin films." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:53a0886c-14ad-431a-975d-0ecca8fc8968.
Full textAkinbulu, Isaac Adebayo. "Surface properties and electrocatalytic applications of metallophthalocyanines confined on electrode surfaces." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005030.
Full textWilks, Justin. "Free Radical Chemistries at the Surface of Electronic Materials." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31552/.
Full textLotfollahi, Ramin. "Electronic structure of surfaces." Thesis, Örebro University, Institutionen för naturvetenskap Department of Natural Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-640.
Full textFor an idealized one-dimensional crystal it is possible to have energy levels whose wave functions are localized at the surface. These states are called surface states. There is one surface state for each energy gap between the ordinary allowed bands of energies. These electron states are called Tamm states. This Tamm state has an energy that lies almost at the middle of the energy gap and is mainly localized at the surface atomic layer. The image potential states are generated by a potential well formed by the Coulomb-like image potential barrier. These image states that are also called Shockley states are localized in a slowly decaying tail in the vacuum.
I also studied the lateral (in-plane) motion of electrons confined to terraces between steps on a vicinal Cu (111) surface. The local density of states showed a number of peaks at energies where electrons can occupy new quantum-well states on a step. I also tested the influence of the electron lifetime on the local density of states.
Xiu, Yonghao. "Fabrication of surface micro- and nanostructures for superhydrophobic surfaces in electric and electronic applications." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26641.
Full textCommittee Chair: Hess, Dennis W.; Committee Chair: Wong, C. P.; Committee Member: Breedveld, Victor; Committee Member: Koros, William J.; Committee Member: Meredith, Carson; Committee Member: Nair, Sankar. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
Feng, Yongjia. "First principles studies of transition metal surfaces : the effect of an external field on surface electronic properties and surface energetics /." View Abstract or Full-Text, 2003. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?PHYS%202003%20FENG.
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Plachinda, Pavel. "Electronic Properties and Structure of Functionalized Graphene." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/585.
Full textGenua, Maria. "Combinatorial surface-based electronic tongue development : Analytical applications and conception of 2D and 3D biomimetic surfaces." Thesis, Grenoble, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013GRENI044/document.
Full textL'objectif de cette thèse est le développement d'une langue électronique avec une méthode simplifiée d'obtention de récepteurs à réactivité croisée. Ces récepteurs sont préparés par une approche combinatoire novatrice qui consiste au mélange et à l'auto-assemblage de deux disaccharides. Le couplage de ces récepteurs avec un système de détection d'imagerie par résonance des plasmons de surface nous a permis de réaliser une langue électronique capable de différencier des échantillons de différentes complexités, y compris des protéines pures et des mélanges complexes. Cela se fait grâce aux profils et images d'évolution continue, assimilés à des « empreintes digitales » des échantillons. D'un autre côté, ce système peut être utilisé en tant qu'outil pour la conception de surfaces biomimétiques 2D et 3D. Ce système est prometteur pour l'étude des interactions sucre-protéine et pour la préparation de nanovecteurs biomimétiques qui ciblent de façon spécifique des protéines d'intérêt
Merrick, Ian. "Embedding at electrode surfaces." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2005. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55969/.
Full textCafe, Peter F. "Towards reliable contacts of molecular electronic devices to gold electrodes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3870.
Full textCafe, Peter F. "Towards reliable contacts of molecular electronic devices to gold electrodes." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3870.
Full textSYNOPSIS OF THIS THESIS The aim of this thesis is to more fully understand and explain the binding mechanism of organic molecules to the Au(111) surface and to explore the conduction of such molecules. It consists of five discreet chapters connected to each other by the central theme of “The Single Molecule Device: Conductance and Binding”. There is a deliberate concentration on azine linkers, in particular those with a 1,10-phenanthroline-type bidentate configuration at each end. This linker unit is called a “molecular alligator clip” and is investigated as an alternative to the thiol linker unit more commonly used. Chapter 1 places the work in the broad context of Molecular Electronics and establishes the need for this research. In Chapter 2 the multiple break-junction technique (using a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope or similar device) was used to investigate the conductance of various molecules with azine linkers. A major finding of those experiments is that solvent interactions are a key factor in the conductance signal of particular molecules. Some solvents interfere with the molecule’s interaction with and attachment to the gold electrodes. One indicator of the degree of this interference is the extent of the enhancement or otherwise of the gold quantized conduction peak at 1.0 G0. Below 1.0 G0 a broad range for which the molecule enhances conduction indicates that solvent interactions contribute to a variety of structures which could bridge the electrodes, each with their own specific conductance value. The use of histograms with a Log10 scale for conductance proved useful for observing broad range features. vi Another factor which affects the conductance signal is the geometric alignment of the molecule (or the molecule-solvent structure) to the gold electrode, and the molecular alignment is explored in Chapters 3 for 1,10-phenanthroline (PHEN) and Chapter 4 for thiols. In Chapter 3 STM images, electrochemistry, and Density Functional Theory (DFT) are used to determine 1,10-phenanthroline (PHEN) structures on the Au(111) surface. It is established that PHEN binds in two modes, a physisorbed state and a chemisorbed state. The chemisorbed state is more stable and involves the extraction of gold from the bulk to form adatom-PHEN entities which are highly mobile on the gold surface. Surface pitting is viewed as evidential of the formation of the adatom-molecule entities. DFT calculations in this chapter were performed by Ante Bilic and Jeffery Reimers. The conclusions to Chapter 3 implicate the adatom as a binding mode of thiols to gold and this is explored in Chapter 4 by a timely review of nascent research in the field. The adatom motif is identified as the major binding structure for thiol terminated molecules to gold, using the explanation of surface pitting in Chapter 3 as major evidence and substantiated by emergent literature, both experimental and theoretical. Furthermore, the effect of this binding mode on conductance is explored and structures relevant to the break-junction experiment of Chapter 2 are identified and their conductance values compared. Finally, as a result of researching extensive reports of molecular conductance values, and having attempted the same, a simple method for predicting the conductance of single molecules is presented based upon the tunneling conductance formula.
Shpilevaya, Inga. "Surface characterisation and functional properties of modified diamond electrodes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:55c8243f-3779-4bcc-878a-999a067cc9c4.
Full textLowe, V. J. "The modification of electrode surfaces." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379931.
Full textScenev, Vitalij. "Electronic properties of graphene and other carbon-based hybrid materials for flexible electronics." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17069.
Full textThis work focusses on the electronic properties of graphene on the one hand, and on the application of graphenes and other carbon-based hybrid materials for transparent electrodes on the other hand. Accordingly, the first part of the work, which is the larger one, is of fundamental nature and focusses on the electronic interaction between graphene and mica as a substrate. The second, smaller part deals with the design of novel conductive inks based on graphene and other carbon-based hybrid materials for applications in printed electronics, in particular for the production of transparent electrodes. Graphene on mica is a very well defined system, which provides atomically flat graphene extending over several square micrometers. Layer-dependent surface potential variations of single and few layered graphenes on mica were probed with Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. This allowed to estimate the screening length of graphene on mica. Local variations of the surface electrostatic potential above single layer graphene, originating from confined fluid interfacial monolayers of water between the mica and the graphene, were monitored with Scanning Force Microscopy, Electrostatic Scanning Force Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. This allowed to quantify the doping of graphene by the confined water layers. Exfoliation of graphene onto adsorbed nanostructures on mica allowed to control the strain of graphene at the nano-scale. Nanostructuring was achieved by first coating mica with submonolayers of dendronized polymers of different generations and subsequently depositing graphene. This approach provides new opportunities for the control of the electronic properties of graphene by strain.Finally, novel conducting carbon-based inks were designed and transparent electrodes were fabricated therefrom. The formulations of the inks were optimized for printing on plastic substrates.
Davarpanah, Abdol Mahmood. "Electronic structure of surface alloys." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404704.
Full textGennard, Steven John. "Electronic structure properties of metal oxide surfaces." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400570.
Full textBlight, Kyle Raymond. "The electronic structure of indium phosphide surfaces." Thesis, Blight, Kyle Raymond (1993) The electronic structure of indium phosphide surfaces. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1993. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51642/.
Full textKoda, Ryo. "Electrochemical deposition of metal on microporous silicon electrodes influenced by hydration structures of solutes and electrode surfaces." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199323.
Full textPrice, Nicola Jane. "Self-assembled monolayers : electronic properties at the interface." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260276.
Full textTheunissen, W. H. "Reconfigurable contour beam synthesis using a mechanical FEM surface description of dual offset reflector antenna surfaces." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26784.
Full textBlackham, Ian George. "Scanning tunneling microscopy of electrode surfaces." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f9d27595-1177-406f-89a2-1448ac654dd3.
Full textFryling, Mark Aaron. "Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Electrode surfaces /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487859313346783.
Full textJaquet, Christopher Denis. "Control surfaces in confined spaces : the optimisation of trailing edge tabs to reduce control surface hinge moments." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4327.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis describes the first project relating to the Control Surfaces in Confined Spaces (CoSICS) project at Stellenbosch University. The aim of CoSICS project is to reduce the size of control surface actuators, and this thesis considers the aileron system of commercial aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and A330. Specifically the project aims to reduce the aileron hinge moment, as this will result in smaller actuators. Possible methods are discussed where aerodynamic forces are used to reduce the aileron hinge moment through the use of a wing-aileron-tab configuration. In order to examine the use of the configuration, first order aerodynamic modelling is performed using two-dimensional thin-aerofoil theory, which is also extended to a basic three-dimensional approximation. To determine the maximum reduction in hinge moment several optimisations are performed where only the tab chord length is varied, both tab and aileron chord lengths are varied, and finally the tab chord length and aileron span are varied. The optimisation methods used, namely the gradient-based sequential quadratic programming (SQP) and a real-encoded genetic algorithm (REGA) are discussed in detail and include general implementations which are then applied to the problem. The optimisations performed are dual-layered where optimal deflection angles are determined as well as the optimal geometry. The results of the optimisation are tested using a roll manoeuvre in a specially developed Simulink simulation environment for this purpose. The study produces results where new hinge moment values are an order of magnitude smaller than those of the old configuration, while maintaining suitable lift and rolling moment coefficients. The optimisation and simulation infrastructure developed in this thesis provides a platform for higher-fidelity models and components being developed in future work to provide higher fidelity results.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis beskryf die eerste projek in die Control Surfaces in Confined Spaces-projek1 (CoSICS-projek) uitgevoer by die Universiteit Stellenbosch. Die doel van die COSICs-projek is om die grootte van beheervlak aktueerders te minimeer en hierdie tesis handel oor die aileron stelsel van kommersiële vliegtuie soos die Airbus A320 en A330. Die doel van hierdie tesisis om die skarnier draaimoment van die aileron te minimeer deur aërodinamiese kragte in te span in ’n vlerk-aileron-hulpvlak konfigurasie. Eerste-orde aërodinamiese modelle is afgelei met behulp van twee-dimensionele dunvlerkteorie en is gebruik om die konfigurasie te analiseer. ’n Eerste orde drie-dimensionele benadering is ook ontwikkel. Om die maksimum vermindering in die skarnier draaimoment te bepaal, is verskeie optimerings uitgevoer waar eers die hulpvlak se koordlengte gevarieer word, daarna beide die aileron en hulp-vlak se koordlengtes en laastens die hulp-vlak se koordlengte en wydte. Die twee optimerings metodes wat gebruik is, nl. ’n sekwensiële kwadratiese programmerings (SKP) tegniek, en ’n reële getal-geënkodeerde genetiese algoritme (RGGA), word bespreek en ontwikkel voor hulle toegepas word op die probleem. Twee-vlak optimerings word uitgevoer waar beide die optimale defleksiehoeke en die optimale geometrie bepaal word. Die resultate van die optimering word daarna getoets deur middel van ’n rol maneuver wat uitgevoer word in ’n Simulink simulasie omgewing wat daarvoor geskep is. Hierdie studie lei tot goeie resultate met skarnier draaimoment waardes ’n ordegrootte kleiner as dié van die vorige stelsel, terwyl goeie waardes van rol-moment en verheffingskrag koëffisiënte behou word. Die optimering en simulasie infrastruktuur wat hier ontwikkel word verskaf ’n platform vir meer akkurate modelle en komponente wat ontwikkel word in toekomstige projekte om meer akkurate resultate te lewer.
McNeil, Robert Peter Gordon. "Surface acoustic wave quantum electronic devices." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610718.
Full textGlans, Per-Anders. "Electronic structure of some SiC and Be surfaces /." Linköping : Univ, 2001. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2001/tek661s.htm.
Full textLiu, Yan. "Superhydrophobic surfaces for electronic packaging and energy applications." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52164.
Full textTran, Trung Nam. "Surface discharge dynamics : theory, experiment and simulation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/165509/.
Full textPascarella, Nathan William. "Advanced encapsulation processing for low cost electronics assembly." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19031.
Full textMotornyi, Oleksandr. "Ab initio study of electronic surfaces states and plasmons of gold : role of the spin-orbit coupling and surface geometry." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLX116.
Full textThe PhD thesis is devoted to the ab initio study of surface plasmons and surface states offlat and vicinal surfaces of Au through the simulation of electron energy loss (EEL) spectraby means of the density functional theory (DFT) and the time-dependent density func-tional perturbation theory (TDDFPT). The influence of the spin-orbit coupling (SOC)and of the surface geometry has been investigated. In bulk Au I have studied the effect ofthe inclusion of semi-core electrons on the EEL spectrum at q = 0 and the plasmon peakposition and intensity. In particular, I have shown that in order to reproduce the EELspectrum on a wide frequency range (0-60 eV) it is important to account for semi-coreelectrons in the pseudopotential although they can be frozen in the core in studies of thelow energy part of the spectrum (below 20 eV). I have made methodological developmentsfor TDDFPT with SOC in the ultrasoft pseudopotential scheme that led to the practicalimplementation of SOC in the Liouville-Lanczos and Sternheimer approaches. I have thensuccessfully applied these approaches that allowed me to model systems with hundreds ofatoms. I have revisited the plasmonic excitations in bulk Au, pointing out that, in partic-ular, one can observe traces of an unscreened s-like bulk plasmon in the EEL spectrum atq = 0 calculated without SOC. I have also demonstrated that SOC has a small but notice-able effect on the Au EEL spectrum and plasmon peak, mainly modifying the unscreeneds-like plasmon peak and thus bringing the calculated spectrum into a better agreementwith experimental results at q = 0. Moreover I have observed that the dispersion ofthe acoustic surface plasmon (ASP) on the Au(111) surface is slightly modified by SOC,because the ASP comes from the surface state that itself is modified by SOC through theRashba splitting. To investigate the effect of geometry I have studied the vicinal (322),(455) and (788) surfaces of Au. In particular I have performed the theoretical study of thesurface states, analyzing the evolution of the Shockley surface state from the flat Au(111)surface towards the surfaces with terraces of different width. I have shown the surfaceresonance-to-surface state transition from (322) to (455) and (788) surfaces. I have shownalso the transition from the average-surface-modulated to the terrace-modulated statefrom (322) to (455) and (788) surfaces, as well as the transition from the extended 2Dstate to the quasi-1D state confined within the terrace. These results are in agreementwith experiments and results obtained with the Kronig-Penney periodic potential model.I have performed the EEL spectrum calculations for the Au(455) surface which I havemodeled with a 5 nm sized slab separated from its periodic neighbors by 5 nm of vacuum.I have identified signatures of the ASP in these spectra, showing that indeed, for the caseof the transferred electron wavevector momentum perpendicular to the step, the ASPdispersion is not changed with respect to the ASP dispersion of the Au(111) surface forq < 0.125 Å −1 . For bigger values of q, however, the ASP peak has a lower energy com-pared to the ASP peak of the Au(111) surface, showing signs of the ASP confinement, andsuggesting that two types of the ASP could occur: an intra(sub)band plasmon, similarto the Au(111) surface plasmon, and an inter(sub)band plasmon, characteristic of thisvicinal surface
Patchett, Adam John. "The electronic structure of Sc(0001)." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240888.
Full textMarikkar, Fathima Saneeha. "Molecular Design of Electrode Surfaces and Interfaces: For Optimized Charge Transfer at Transparent Conducting Oxide Electrodes and Spectroelectrochemical Sensing." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193952.
Full textPaniagua, Barrantes Sergio. "Interfacial engineering of transparent electrodes and nanoparticles with phosphonic acids and metal-organic dopants for organic electronic applications." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52920.
Full textÖnsten, Anneli. "Surface Reactivity and Electronic Structure of Metal Oxides." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Materialfysik, MF, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33667.
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Fretwell, H. M. "Positron annihilation studies of electronic and defect structures in metallic systems." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357787.
Full textNdieyira, Joseph Wafula. "X-ray diffraction studies of electrode surfaces." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624193.
Full textChumillas, Sara. "Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis on well-defined electrode surfaces." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/81990.
Full textBecker, Udo. "The electronic structure of galena and hematite surfaces: applications to the interpretations of STM images, XPS spectra and heterogeneous surface reactions." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40159.
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Szamota-Leandersson, Karolina. "Electronic structure of clean and adsorbate-covered InAs surfaces." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Materialfysik, MF, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-24423.
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Tallarida, Massimo. "Electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces and metal, semiconductor interfaces." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2005/196/index.html.
Full textRad, M. Goshtasbi. "Electronic structure and reactions at some tetrahedral semiconductor surfaces /." Stockholm : Tekniska högsk, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3069.
Full textOkeke, Gregory Nwoye. "Studies of the electronic porperties of clean metal surfaces." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356955.
Full textPersson, Kristin. "Electronic Control of Cell Cultures Using Conjugated Polymer Surfaces." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Fysik och elektroteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-106254.
Full textTraub, Matthew C. Gray Harry B. "Chemical functionalization and electronic passivation of gallium arsenide surfaces /." Diss., Pasadena, Calif. : California Institute of Technology, 2008. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07172007-124916.
Full textIrrera, Simona. "Structural and electronic properties of chiral molecules on surfaces." Doctoral thesis, La Sapienza, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11573/917346.
Full textSearle, Christopher. "The surface electronic structure of Y(0001)." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367246.
Full textBjelkevig, Cameron. "Surface Chemical Deposition of Advanced Electronic Materials." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67938/.
Full textWilliams, A. A. "The chemistry and electronic structure of surfaces of ionic compounds." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.370273.
Full textHerranz-Lancho, Coral. "Synthesis and characterization of molecules for electronic devices." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013STRAE037.
Full textThe demand of downscaling of technology will reach its limit at the atomic length scale. This claim creates the necessity of investigating the smallest components suitable to become devices, single molecules or group of atoms. Therefore, 1,4-bis(pyridin-4-ylethynyl) benzene (BPEB), Dibenzo[a,h]thianthrene (DBTH) and Bis{82,92,152,162,222,232-hexa-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxy)[g,l,q]-5,10,15,20-tetraazaporphyrino)}[b,e]-benzene (H4Pc2) have been designed, synthesized and characterized to investigate transport of charge through molecules and surface confined molecular switching. Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), such as STM, nc-AFM and combined STM/AFM were used to study the molecules on near-surface conditions. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were used to interpret the experimental results. Moreover, the self-assembly of new fluorinated metalo mono-phthalocyanines, MPc (M= Mg2+, 2H+, Co2+) was investigated in solution.Firstly, conductance experiments performed while a molecular wire (BPEB) was being lifted up from a surface revealed the conformational changes associated to the transport of electrons through molecules. Secondly, the “butterfly” flapping motion in the class of the thianthrenes was blocked due to the interaction with a surface at low temperature. This block leads to the first stereochemical study of a quiral thianthere derivative (DBTH). The STM experiments on DBTH revealed a reproducible and non-destructive switching between two surface confined configurations of DBTH. In addition, nc-AFM with submolecular resolution has been proved to be a powerful tool for the full characterization and distinction of configurational and constitutional isomers on surfaces. Thirdly, the molecular structure of a binuclear phthalocyanine (H4Pc2) was confirmed through constant current STM and constant high _f AFM experiments. These results set the state of future spintronic transport experiments (ongoing work). On the other hand, the aggregation studies on MPc revealed that the coordination character of the central atom of the Pc cavity has an important effect on the formation of aggregates. Additionally, electrochemical experiments demonstrated that molecular aggregations can lead to the quenching of the electrochemical-active nature of a Co2+ atom.Herein it has been demonstrated that SPM are suitable techniques to study the conformational and configurational changes associated with the tunneling of electrons through planar and non-planar molecules in real space. Aggregation studies of magnetic switches were carried out to better understand the supramolecular organization under near surface conditions, a key point for the design of future devices based on the bottom up approach
Zu, Fengshuo. "Electronic properties of organic-inorganic halide perovskites and their interfaces." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/20396.
Full textOptoelectronic devices based on halide perovskites (HaPs) and possessing remarkably high performance have been reported. To push the development of such devices even further, a comprehensive and reliable understanding of their electronic structure, including the energy level alignment (ELA) at HaPs interfaces, is essential but presently not available. In an attempt to get a deep insight into the electronic properties of HaPs and the related interfaces, the work presented in this thesis investigates i) the fundamental band structure of perovskite single crystals, in order to establish solid foundations for a better understanding the electronic properties of polycrystalline thin films and ii) the effects of surface states on the surface electronic structure and their role in controlling the ELA at HaPs interfaces. The characterization is mostly performed using photoelectron spectroscopy, together with complementary techniques including low-energy electron diffraction, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe measurements. Firstly, the band structure of two prototypical perovskite single crystals is unraveled, featuring widely dispersing top valence bands (VB) with the global valence band maximum at R point of the Brillouin zone. The hole effective masses there are determined to be ~0.25 m0 for CH3NH3PbBr3 and ~0.50 m0 for CH3NH3PbI3. Based on these results, the energy distribution curves of polycrystalline thin films are constructed, revealing the fact that using a logarithmic intensity scale to determine the VB onset is preferable due to the low density of states at the VB maximum. Secondly, investigations on the surface electronic structure of pristine perovskite surfaces conclude that the n-type behavior is a result of surface band bending due to the presence of donor-type surface states. Furthermore, due to surface photovoltage effect, photoemission measurements on different perovskite compositions exhibit excitation-intensity dependent energy levels with a shift of up to 0.7 eV. Eventually, control over the ELA by manipulating the density of surface states is demonstrated, from which very different ELA situations (variation over 0.5 eV) at interfaces with organic electron acceptor molecules are rationalized. Our findings further help to explain the rather dissimilar reported energy levels at perovskite surfaces and interfaces, refining our understanding of the operational principles in perovskite related devices.
Cowen, Simon. "Optical studies of surface-modified electrodes." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.279731.
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