Tunable Band Alignment with Unperturbed Carrier Mobility of On-Surface Synthesized Organic Semiconducting Wires

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• 作者：Andrea Basagni ; Guillaume Vasseur ; Carlo A. Pignedoli ; Manuel Vilas-Varela ; Diego Peña ; Louis Nicolas ; Lucia Vitali ; Jorge Lobo-Checa ; Dimas G. de Oteyza ; Francesco Sedona ; Maurizio Casarin ; J. Enrique Ortega ; Mauro Sambi
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 23, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：10
• 期：2
• 页码：2644-2651
• 全文大小：432K
• ISSN：1936-086X

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The tunable properties of molecular materials place them among the favorites for a variety of future generation devices. In addition, to maintain the current trend of miniaturization of those devices, a departure from the present top-down production methods may soon be required and self-assembly appears among the most promising alternatives. On-surface synthesis unites the promises of molecular materials and of self-assembly, with the sturdiness of covalently bonded structures: an ideal scenario for future applications. Following this idea, we report the synthesis of functional extended nanowires by self-assembly. In particular, the products correspond to one-dimensional organic semiconductors. The uniaxial alignment provided by our substrate templates allows us to access with exquisite detail their electronic properties, including the full valence band dispersion, by combining local probes with spatial averaging techniques. We show how, by selectively doping the molecular precursors, the product’s energy level alignment can be tuned without compromising the charge carrier’s mobility.