Mixing of electronic states in pentacene adsorption on copper.
By combining experimental and theoretical approaches, we study the adsorption of pentacene on copper as a model for the coupling between aromatic molecules and metal surfaces. Our results for the interface electronic structure are not compatible with a purely physisorption picture, which is conventionally employed for such systems. Nay, we demonstrate electronic mixing between molecular orbitals and metal electronic states.
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, I-41100 Modena, Italy. ferretti.andrea@unimore.it
Andrea
A
Ferretti
Chiara
C
Baldacchini
Arrigo
A
Calzolari
Rosa
R
Di Felice
Alice
A
Ruini
Elisa
E
Molinari
Maria Grazia
MG
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