Structural and electronic interaction at CuO-hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene hybrid interface
Author(s) -
Bharti Singh,
B. R. Mehta,
Mandeep Singh,
Govind Gupta,
Lukas Dössel,
Xinliang Feng,
Kläus Müllen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3544937
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , valence (chemistry) , materials science , ellipsometry , electronic structure , absorption spectroscopy , layer (electronics) , crystallography , chemical physics , chemistry , thin film , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , optics , physics , organic chemistry , engineering
Interfacial interaction at hybrid interfaces results in structural and electronic properties different from organic and inorganic components. In this study, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis carried out on CuO-hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) bilayers shows the appearance of an additional C 1s peak at lower energy due to Cu–C interaction. Spectroscopic ellipsometry investigation shows that interfacial layer ( ∼ 4 nm) has absorption features related to Cu–C bonding, modified HBC valence states, and Cu2+-π electron interaction. The observed resistive switching property of the CuO-HBC layers is considerably different from junction properties of HBC and CuO layers and is directly related to the hybrid interfacial layer
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