Electronic charge rearrangement at metal/organic interfaces induced by weak van der Waals interactions

Correction to "charge transfer excitons at van der Waals interfaces".

The van der Waals interfaces of molecular donor/acceptor or graphene-like two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are central to concepts and emerging technologies of light-electricity interconversion. Examples include, among others, solar cells, photodetectors, and light emitting diodes. A salient feature in both types of van der Waals interfaces is the poorly screened Coulomb potential that can g...

Van der Waals interactions with soft interfaces

Many naturally occurring microbiological and synthetic polymer systems have soft interfaces due, e.g., to the presence of polymer brushes at the surfaces. The initial interactions (before contact) in such systems are typically physical rather than chemical in origin, e.g. electrostatic or van der Waals forces. We calculate the form of the summed van der Waals interaction energies UHS and USS be...

Van der Waals interactions at metal/organic interfaces at the single-molecule level.

Van der Waals (vdW) interaction, and its subtle interplay with chemically specific interactions and surface roughness at metal/organic interfaces, is critical to the understanding of structure-function relations in diverse areas, including catalysis, molecular electronics and self-assembly. However, vdW interactions remain challenging to characterize directly at the fundamental, single-molecule...

Van der Waals Interactions in Metal-Organic Interfaces at the Single-Molecule Level

I. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS .................................................................................................. 2 Experimental Setup and Procedures: ......................................................................................... 2 Force calibration: .......................................................................................................................... 2 R...

Tutorial 3: van der Waals Interactions