Organic molecules with important implications for organic electronics

The group of Norbert Koch and Jürgen P. Rabe from the Humboldt University has proposed a novel explanation for "Orientation-dependent ionization energies and interface dipoles in ordered molecular assemblies". Their findings are based on theoretical calculations and on XPS and UPS measurements carried out at BESSY and HASYLAB in collaboration with colleagues from University of Hamburg. Their results have important implications for organic electronics.

The work is published in Nature Materials in April: S. Duhm, G. Heimel, I. Salzmann, H. Glowatzki, R.L. Johnson, A. Vollmer, J. Rabe, N. Koch, Orientation-dependent ionization energies and interface dipoles in ordered molecular assemblies.