Poly(3-hexylthiophene) revisited – Influence of film deposition on the electrochemical behaviour and energy levels

2018 ◽  
Vol 269 ◽  
pp. 299-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Bruchlos ◽  
Daniel Trefz ◽  
Amer Hamidi-Sakr ◽  
Martin Brinkmann ◽  
Jürgen Heinze ◽  
...  
1984 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Pong ◽  
D. Brandt ◽  
Z. X. He ◽  
W. Imaino

AbstractMeasurements of uv photoemission from evaporated aluminum films were made at photon energies 7.7–11 eV as a function of time after film deposition. Evidence of the initial stage of chemisorption of oxygen can be seen in the uv photoelectron spectra. The spectra taken immediately after film deposition showed a smooth energy distribution characteristic of clean aluminum. Structure in the spectra was found to appear at approximately 60 minutes after deposition at 10−9 Torr. Three noticeable features were observed at 1.0, 1.3, and 2.5 eV above the vacuum level. They appeared stationary with increasing photon energy. The structure can be attributed to inelastic scattering of photoelectrons into resonant states associated with oxygen ions on the metal surface. The energy levels of the calculated resonant states of a helium-like system are compared with the energy of the observed structure. The agreement suggests that there are adsorbed 0− ions to which photoelectrons can be scattered at the metal-vacuum interface.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Nan Peng ◽  
Ye Yu ◽  
Xiao-Hui Liu ◽  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Hao Cheng ◽  
...  

Four novel D-π-A structural 1-aryl-2-[4-(N,N-diphenyl)phenyl]-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazoles have been synthesised. Their synthesis, thermal stability, optical properties and electrochemical behaviour have also been investigated. These compounds exhibit increased thermal stability, blue emissions and intramolecular charge transfer. The HOMO and LUMO energy levels of these compounds were calculated from electrochemical measurements.


1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
M. Klapisch

AbstractA formal expansion of the CRM in powers of a small parameter is presented. The terms of the expansion are products of matrices. Inverses are interpreted as effects of cascades.It will be shown that this allows for the separation of the different contributions to the populations, thus providing a natural classification scheme for processes involving atoms in plasmas. Sum rules can be formulated, allowing the population of the levels, in some simple cases, to be related in a transparent way to the quantum numbers.


Author(s):  
R. F. Schneidmiller ◽  
W. F. Thrower ◽  
C. Ang

Solid state materials in the form of thin films have found increasing structural and electronic applications. Among the multitude of thin film deposition techniques, the radio frequency induced plasma sputtering has gained considerable utilization in recent years through advances in equipment design and process improvement, as well as the discovery of the versatility of the process to control film properties. In our laboratory we have used the scanning electron microscope extensively in the direct and indirect characterization of sputtered films for correlation with their physical and electrical properties.Scanning electron microscopy is a powerful tool for the examination of surfaces of solids and for the failure analysis of structural components and microelectronic devices.


Author(s):  
M. Grant Norton ◽  
C. Barry Carter

Pulsed-laser ablation has been widely used to produce high-quality thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-δ on a range of substrate materials. The nonequilibrium nature of the process allows congruent deposition of oxides with complex stoichiometrics. In the high power density regime produced by the UV excimer lasers the ablated species includes a mixture of neutral atoms, molecules and ions. All these species play an important role in thin-film deposition. However, changes in the deposition parameters have been shown to affect the microstructure of thin YBa2Cu3O7-δ films. The formation of metastable configurations is possible because at the low substrate temperatures used, only shortrange rearrangement on the substrate surface can occur. The parameters associated directly with the laser ablation process, those determining the nature of the process, e g. thermal or nonthermal volatilization, have been classified as ‘primary parameters'. Other parameters may also affect the microstructure of the thin film. In this paper, the effects of these ‘secondary parameters' on the microstructure of YBa2Cu3O7-δ films will be discussed. Examples of 'secondary parameters' include the substrate temperature and the oxygen partial pressure during deposition.


Author(s):  
E. L. Hall ◽  
A. Mogro-Campero ◽  
L. G. Turner ◽  
N. Lewis

There is great interest in the growth of thin superconducting films of YBa2Cu3Ox on silicon, since this is a necessary first step in the use of this superconductor in a variety of possible electronic applications including interconnects and hybrid semiconductor/superconductor devices. However, initial experiments in this area showed that drastic interdiffusion of Si into the superconductor occurred during annealing if the Y-Ba-Cu-O was deposited direcdy on Si or SiO2, and this interdiffusion destroyed the superconducting properties. This paper describes the results of the use of a zirconia buffer layer as a diffusion barrier in the growth of thin YBa2Cu3Ox films on Si. A more complete description of the growth and characterization of these films will be published elsewhere.Thin film deposition was carried out by sequential electron beam evaporation in vacuum onto clean or oxidized single crystal Si wafers. The first layer evaporated was 0.4 μm of zirconia.


Author(s):  
G. Remond ◽  
R.H. Packwood ◽  
C. Gilles ◽  
S. Chryssoulis

Merits and limitations of layered and ion implanted specimens as possible reference materials to calibrate spatially resolved analytical techniques are discussed and illustrated for the case of gold analysis in minerals by means of x-ray spectrometry with the EPMA. To overcome the random heterogeneities of minerals, thin film deposition and ion implantation may offer an original approach to the manufacture of controlled concentration/ distribution reference materials for quantification of trace elements with the same matrix as the unknown.In order to evaluate the accuracy of data obtained by EPMA we have compared measured and calculated x-ray intensities for homogeneous and heterogeneous specimens. Au Lα and Au Mα x-ray intensities were recorded at various electron beam energies, and hence at various sampling depths, for gold coated and gold implanted specimens. X-ray intensity calculations are based on the use of analytical expressions for both the depth ionization Φ (ρz) and the depth concentration C (ρz) distributions respectively.


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