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Organic Semiconductors: Relating the Functional Properties of an Organic Semiconductor to Molecular Structure by nc‐AFM (Adv. Mater. 20/2009)
Author(s) -
Burke Sarah A.,
LeDue Jeffrey M.,
Topple Jessica M.,
Fostner Shawn,
Grütter Peter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200990071
Subject(s) - materials science , monolayer , organic semiconductor , nanoscopic scale , semiconductor , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , atomic force microscopy , excitation , electrical engineering , engineering
The influence of the molecular scale arrangement on the optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors can be investigated using noncontact AFM to determine the local structure of molecular islands and probe the local optical excitation response of different molecular‐scale structures, report Peter Grutter and co‐workers on p. 2029 . The cover image shows a 3D rendering of a high‐resolution noncontact AFM image of a monolayer of PTCDA molecules trapped in a nanoscale pit in NaCl, one of the structures investigated, under “illumination”.