Molecular and electronic structure of organic semiconductors on ultra-thin oxide films

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Abstract

We utilize scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to molecularly image and probe the interactions of organic semiconductors. To mimic a device substrate and growth modes, ultra-thin oxide (UTO) films less than 1 nm thick are grown on Si(111) in ultrahigh vacuum at room temperature. These films are characterized by STM and display a long range RMS roughness of 0.109 nm versus a typical RMS roughness of 0.3 nm for thick SiO2. UTO films are then used as substrates for growth of pentacene, C60, and PCBM. Standing up pentacene is molecularly resolved and described by a thin-film phase unit cell with a=0.76nm and b=0.59nm in the ab-plane. The morphology and electronic structure of co-depositions of pentacene, C60, and PCBM are then deposited on UTO films and will be presented. http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2515

*This work was supported by NIST under contract no. 70NANB6H6138 with infrastructure supported by the UMD-CNAM and NanoCenter . The NSF-MRSEC SEF was used in obtaining the data presented.

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Authors

  • Brad Conrad

    • Department of Physics and University of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • University of Maryland College Park

  • William G. Cullen

    • University of Maryland
    • Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Dept of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • University of Maryland College Park
    • Dept. of Physics, U. of Maryland - College Park

  • Ellen Williams

    • University of Maryland, College Park
    • Department of Physics and University of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • University of Maryland
    • LPS, CNAM, and the DOP, UM
    • Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Dept of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • University of Maryland College Park
    • Dept. of Physics, U. of Maryland - College Park
    • Department of Physics and Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4111, USA