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Structural and Electronic Properties of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Grid Structures: Doping of Supramolecular Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. Hassmann
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
C. Y. Hahn
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
O. Waldmann
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
E. Volz
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
H-J. Schleemilch
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
N. Hallschmid
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
P. MÜller
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut III, Universitait Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, [email protected]
G. S. Hanan
Affiliation:
Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
D. Volkmer
Affiliation:
Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
U. S. Schubert
Affiliation:
Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
J-M. Lehn
Affiliation:
Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
H. Mauser
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universitdät Erlangen-Ntirnberg, Henkestr. 42, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
A. Hirsch
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universitdät Erlangen-Ntirnberg, Henkestr. 42, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
T. Clark
Affiliation:
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universitdät Erlangen-Ntirnberg, Henkestr. 42, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Abstract

Thin films of self-assembled supramolecular grid structures were prepared by electrochemical deposition. The surface structure of the films was determined by electrochemical insitu scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), revealing ordered monolayers of the grid molecules on a Au( 111) surface. The electronic structure of the films was studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. The thin films show semiconducting behavior with an insulating gap of ca. 2.5 eV. The size of insulating gap can be reduced to 0.5 eV by doping the films with additional Cd2+ ions, which is in agreement with molecular orbital calculations. Additionally, conductivity measurements were performed. By doping of the thin films, their conductivity could be increased by several orders of magnitude. This is due to additional electronic states in the insulating HOMO-LUMO gap, which is confirmed by UPS measurements.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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