Publications 1995+

• Organics 
  
  • Growth of Organic Molecular Films  
  • Electronic and Chemical Properties of Interfaces between Organic Molecular Films and Metals 
  • Electronic Structure of Organic/Organic Heterojunctions 
  • Doping of Organic Molecular Films 
  • Fundamental Optical and Electronic Properties of Organic Molecular Films 
  • Molecular Electronics 
  • Polymer Interfaces 
• Inorganics  
  
  • Surfaces and Interfaces of Inorganic Semiconductors  
  • High Dielectric Constant Oxides 
  • Surface and Interface Physics 
• Other Topics 

Growth of Organic Molecular Films

Ordered, quasi-epitaxial growth of an organic thin film on Se-passivated GaAs(100), Y. Hirose, S.R. Forrest and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 944 (1995) (PDF)

Quasiepitaxial growth of the organic molecular semiconductor 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, Y. Hirose, S. Forrest and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 52 , 14040 (1995) (PDF)

Quasi-epitaxy of an organic molecular semiconductor on inorganic substrates, C. Kendrick, Y. Hirose, A. Kahn and G. LeLay, Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 10/11, 1 (1995)

STM study of the organic semiconductor PTCDA on HOPG, C. Kendrick, S.R. Forrest and A. Kahn, Appl. Surf. Sci. 104/105, 586 (1996) (PDF)

Epitaxial growth and phase transition in multilayers of the organic semiconductor PTCDA on InAs(100), C. Kendrick and A. Kahn, J. Cryst. Growth 181, 181 (1997) (PDF)

Growth of the organic molecular semiconductor PTCDA on Se-passivated GaAs(100): an STM study, C. Kendrick and A. Kahn, Surface Review and Letters 5, 289 (1998)

Organic-inorganic interfaces: Principles of quasi-epitaxy of a molecular semiconductor on inorganic compound semiconductors, C. Kendrick and A. Kahn, Appl. Surf. Sci. 123/124, 405 (1998) (PDF)

Initial growth of 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA) on Au(111): a scanning tunneling microscopy study, I. Chizhov, A. Kahn and G. Scoles, J. Cryst. Growth 208,449 (2000) (PDF)

Influence of steps on the orientation of a monolayer of copper phthalocyanine on Au(111), I. Chizhov, G. Scoles and A. Kahn, Langmuir 16, 4358 (2000) (PDF)

Structure and electronic properties of CH₃- and CF ₃-terminated alkanethiols: a scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray scattering study, J. Pflaum, G. Bracco, F. Schreiber, R. Colorado, R. Lee, G. Scoles and A. Kahn, Surf. Sci. 498, 89 (2002) (PDF)

Growth and Morphology of Pentacene Films on Oxide Surfaces, R. Ruiz, L.C. Feldman, R.F. Haglund Jr., R.A. McKee, N. Koch, B.A. Nickel, J. Pflaum, G. Scoles, A. Kahn, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 708, (2002) (PDF)

Pentacene thin film formation on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces: a combined X-ray and AFM growth study, R. Ruiz, B.A. Nickel, N. Koch, G. Scoles, L.C. Feldman, R.F. Haglund and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 67, 125406 (2003) (PDF)

Interplay Between Morphology, Structure and Electronic Properties at Diindenoperylene-Au-Interfaces, A.C. Durr, N. Koch, M. Kelsch, A. Ruhm, J. Ghijsen, R.L. Johnson, J.-J. Pireaux, J. Schwartz, H. Dosch and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 68, 115428 (2003) (PDF)

Dynamic Scaling, Island Size Distribution and Morphology in the Aggregation Regime of Sub-monolayer Pentacene Films, R. Ruiz, B. Nickel, N. Koch, L.C. Feldman, R.F. Haglund, A. Kahn, F. Family, and G. Scoles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 136102 (2003) (PDF)

Dislocation arrangements in pentacene thin films, B. Nickel, R. Barabashy, R. Ruiz, N. Koch, A. Kahn, L.C. Feldman, R.F. Haglund, and G. Scoles, Phys. Rev. B 70, 125401 (2004) (PDF)

Multi-phase growth and electronic structure of ultra-thin hexaazatrinaphthylene on Au(111), S. Ha, B. Kaafarani, S. Barlow, S.R. Marder and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 10493 (2007) (PDF)

Commensurate growth and diminishing substrate influence in a multilayer film of a tris(thieno)hexaazatriphenylene derivative on Au(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, Sieu D. Ha, Qing Zhang, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder, and Antoine Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 77, 085433 (2008) (PDF)

One dimensional organic nano-structures: novel approach based on silicon nanowires, Eric Salomon and A. Kahn, Surf. Sci. Lett. 602, L79 (2008) (PDF)

Quasiepitaxy of a tris(thieno)hexaazatriphenylene derivative adsorbed on Ag(110): structural and electronic properties probed by scanning tunneling microscopy, E. Salomon, Q. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. Marder and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. C112, 9803 (2008) (PDF)

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Electronic and Chemical Properties of Interfaces between Organic Molecular Films and Metals

Chemistry, diffusion and electronic properties of a metal / organic semiconductor contact: In / PTCDA, Y. Hirose, A. Kahn, V. Aristov, and P. Soukiassian, Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 217 (1996) (PDF)

Chemistry and electronic properties of metal/organic semiconductor interfaces: Al, Ti, In, Sn, Ag and Au on PTCDA, Y. Hirose, A. Kahn, V. Aristov, P. Soukiassian, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, Phys. Rev. B 54 , 13748 (1996) (PDF)

Chemistry and electrical properties of metal contacts on an organic molecular semiconductor, Y. Hirose, C.I. Wu, A. Kahn, V. Aristov and P. Soukiassian, Appl. Surf. Sci. 113/114, 291 (1997) (PDF)

Surface modification of indium tin oxide by plasma treatment: an effective method to improve the efficiency, brightness and reliability of organic light emitting devices, C.Wu, C.I. Wu, J.C. Sturm and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 1348 (1997) (PDF)

Mg/Alq₃ interfaces: electronic structure and interdiffusion studied by photoemission spectroscopy, A. Rajagopal and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 355 (1998) (PDF)

Molecular level alignment at organic semiconductor - metal interfaces, I. Hill, A. Rajagopal, A. Kahn and Y. Hu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73 , 662 (1998) (PDF)

Energy level alignment at interfaces between metals and the organic semiconductor 4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazolyl-biphenyl, I. Hill, A. Rajagopal and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 3236 (1998) (PDF)

Electronic properties of metal-organic interfaces with application to electroluminescent devices, A. Rajagopal, I. Hill and A. Kahn, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals A 322, 245 (1998)

Interface electronic properties of organic molecular semiconductor interfaces, I.G. Hill and A. Kahn, in Organic Light-Emitting Materials and Devices II, Zakya H. Kafafi Editor, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3476, 168 (1998)

Surface oxidation activates indium tin oxide for hole injection, D.J. Markiewicz, I.G. Hill, A. Kahn and J. Schwartz, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 572 (2000) (PDF)

Organometallic chemistry at the magnesium-tris(8-hydroxyquinolino)aluminum interface, C. Shen, I.G. Hill, A. Kahn and J. Schwartz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 5391 (2000) (PDF)

Metal-dependent charge transfer and chemical interaction at interfaces between 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic bisimidazole and gold, silver and magnesium, I.G. Hill, J. Schwartz and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 1, 5 (2000) (PDF)

Chemical and Electrical Properties of Metal and Tris-(8-hydroxy quinoline) aluminum Interfaces, C. Shen, A. Kahn and J. Schwartz, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 449 (2001) (PDF)

Li doping of semiconducting organic charge transport materials, G. Parthasarathy, C. Shen, A. Kahn and S.R. Forrest, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 4986 (2001) (PDF)

The role of interface states in controlling the electronic structure of Alq₃/reactive metal contacts, C. Shen and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 2, 89 (2001) (PDF)

Role of metal-molecule chemistry and interdiffusion on the electrical properties of an organic interface: the Al-F₁₆CuPc case, C. Shen, A. Kahn and J. Schwartz, J. Appl. Phys. 90, 6236 (2001) (PDF)

Electronic structure, diffusion and p-doping at the Au/F ₁₆CuPc interface, C. Shen and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 90 , 4549 (2001) (PDF)

Organic Molecular Interfaces: Investigations of Electronic Structure, Chemistry and Carrier Injection Properties, C. Shen, A. Kahn and I.G. Hill, in Conjugated Polymer and Molecular Interfaces, A. Kahn, J.-J. Pireaux, W.R. Salaneck and K. Seki edtitors, Marcel Dekker, Inc. (2001), p. 351-400 (PDF)

Physisorption-like interaction at interfaces formed between pentacene and samarium, N. Koch, J. Ghijsen, R.L. Johnson, J. Schwartz, J.J. Pireaux and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 4192 (2002) (PDF)

Controlling the work function of indium tin oxide: differentiating dipolar from local surface effects, E. Bruner, N. Koch, A.R. Span, S.L. Bernasek, A. Kahn and J. Schwartz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 3192 (2002) (PDF)

Interaction and energy level alignment at interfaces between pentacene and low work function metals, N. Koch, J. Ghijsen, R. Ruiz, J. Pflaum, R.L. Johnson, J.-J. Pireaux, J. Schwartz and A. Kahn, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 708, (2002) [(PDF)]

Controlling the Work Function of Indium Tin Oxide: Differentiating Dipolar from Local Surface Effects, J. Schwartz, E.L. Bruner, N. Koch, A.R. Span, S.L. Bernasek, and A. Kahn, Synthetic Metals, 138, 223-227 (2003) (PDF)

Conjugated Organic Molecules on Metal vs. Polymer Electrodes: Demonstration of a Key Energy Level Alignment Mechanism, N. Koch, J. Ghijsen, A. Elschner, R.L. Johnson, J.-J. Pireaux, J. Schwarz and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett., 82, 70 (2003) (PDF)

Optically Induced Electron Transfer From Conjugated Organic Molecules To Charged Metal Clusters, N. Koch, A.C. Dürr, J. Ghijsen, R.L. Johnson, J.-J. Pireaux, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, Thin Film Solids 441, 145 (2003) (PDF)

Lack of thermodynamic equilibrium in conjugated organic molecular thin films, N. Koch, C. Chan, J. Schwartz and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 67 , 195330 (2003) (PDF)

Organic Molecular Films on Gold versus PEDOT/PSS: Influence of Injection Barrier Height and Morphology on Current-Voltage Characteristics, N. Koch, A. Elschner, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2281 (2003) (PDF)

Direct and inverse photoemission spectroscopy studies of potassium intercalated films of the organic semiconductors ZnPc and a-NPD , T. Schwieger, M. Knupfer, W. Gao, A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 500 (2003) (PDF)

Electronic Structure and Electrical Properties of Interfaces between Metals and p-Conjugated Molecular Films, A. Kahn, N. Koch, and W. Gao, J. Polymer Science, Polymer Physics 41, 2529 (2003) (PDF)

Dipole formation at metal/PTCDA interfaces: role of the CNL, H. Vazquez, R. Oszwaldowski, P. Pou, J. Ortega, R. Perez, F. Flores and A. Kahn, Europhysics Letters 65, 802 (2004) (PDF)

Chemistry between Magnesium and multiple molecules in tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum films, S. Meloni, A. Palma, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, and R. Car, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 7808 (2003) (PDF)

Metal vs. Polymer Electrodes in Organic Devices: Energy Level Alignment, Hole Injection, and Structure, N. Koch, B. Nickel, J. Ghijsen, A. Elschner, J. Schwartz, J.-J. Pireaux and A. Kahn, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 771, L3.6.1 (2003) (PDF)

Barrier formation at metal/organic interfaces: dipole formation and charge neutrality level, H. Vazquez, F. Flores, R. Oszwaldowski, J. Ortega, R. Perez and A. Kahn, Appl. Surf. Sci. 234, 107 (2004) (PDF)

Impact of an interface dipole layer on the energy alignment at an organic-conductor interface studied by UPS, S. Kera, Y. Yabuuchi, H. Yamane, H. Setoyama, K.K. Okudaira, A. Kahn and N. Ueno, Phys. Rev. B 70, 085304 (2004) (PDF)

Direct measurement of interface potential change and space charge region at metal/organic molecules/metal layered structures using Kelvin probe force microscopy, O. Tal, W. Gao, C.K. Chan, A. Kahn, and Y. Rosenwaks, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4148 (2004) (PDF)

Observation of filled states at the Fermi level in alkali-metal intercalated organic films: dependence on substrate work function, N. Koch, F. Jäckel, J. Ghijsen, M. C. Rojas, M. Grioni, J. P. Rabe, R. L. Johnson, A. Kahn, J.-J. Pireaux, J. Elec. Spec. Relat. Phenom. 144-147, 495 (2005) (PDF)

Effect of Metal - Molecular Binding Group Interactions on Metal/Molecule/Semiconductor Junction Behavior, H. Haick, J. Ghabboun, H. Cohen, D. Cahen, A. Vilan, J. Hwang, A. Wan, F. Amy, and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 9622 (2005) (PDF)

Influence of electrode contamination on a-NPD/Au hole injection barriers, A. Wan, J. Hwang, F. Amy and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 6, 47 (2005) (PDF)

Molecular and solid state (8-hydroxy-quinoline)aluminum interaction with Magnesium: a first principles study, S. Meloni, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, A. Palma and R. Car, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 023707 (2005) (also published in the August 1, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) (PDF)

Role of the Charge Neutrality Level at Metal/Organic and Organic/Organic Interfaces, H. Vazquez, F. Flores and A. Kahn, Proc. Int. Symp. Super-Functionality Organic Devices, IPAP Conf. Series 6, 1 (2005) (PDF)

Energetics of Interfaces between Molecules and Conductors, D. Cahen, A. Kahn and E. Umbach, Materials Today, July/August issue, 32-41 (2005) (PDF)

Induced density of state model for weakly-interacting organic interfaces, H. Vazquez, F. Flores and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 8, 241 (2007) (PDF)

Energetics of Metal-Organic Interfaces: New Experiments and Assessment of the Field,

Jaehyung Hwang, Alan Wan and Antoine Kahn, Materials Science and Engineering, R 64, 1-31

(2009) (PDF)

Improving charge injection in organic thin-film transistors with thiol-based self-assembled monolayers, P. Marmont, N. Battaglini, Ph.Lang, G. Horowitz, J. Hwang and A. Kahn, Org. Elec. 9, 419 (2008) (PDF)

Enhancement of electron injection into a light-emitting polymer from an aluminum oxide cathode modified by a self-assembled monolayer, Yana Vaynzof, Joseph T. Dennes, Jeffrey Schwartz and Antoine Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 103305 (2008) (PDF)

Photoemission spectroscopies studies of a tris(thieno)hexaazatriphenylene derivative/metal interfaces, Eric Salomon, Qing Zhang, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder, and Antoine Kahn, Org. Elect. 9, 944 (2008) (PDF)

Preparation and characterization of 4'-donor substituted stilbene-4-thiolate monolayers and their influence on the work function of gold, M. Malicki, Z. Guan, S.D. Ha, G. Heimel, S. Barlow, M. Rumi, A. Kahn, S.R. Marder, Langmuir (accepted for publication) (PDF)

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Electronic Structure of Organic/Organic Heterojunctions

Molecular level offset at the PTCDA/Alq₃ heterojunction, A. Rajagopal and A. Kahn, Advanced Materials 10, 140 (1998) (PDF)

Energy level offset at organic semiconductor heterojunctions, A. Rajagopal, C.I. Wu and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 83, 2649 (1998) (PDF)

Energy level alignment at interfaces of organic semiconductor heterostructures, I. Hill and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 5583 (1998) (PDF)

Band alignment at organic-inorganic semiconductor interfaces: a-NPD and CuPc on InP(110), T. Chassé, C-I Wu, I.G. Hill, and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 85, 6589 (1999) (PDF)

Organic semiconductor heterointerfaces containing bathocuproine, I.G. Hill and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 86, 4515 (1999) (PDF)

Organic semiconductor interfaces: electronic structure and transport properties, I.G. Hill, D. Milliron, J. Schwarz and A. Kahn, Proceed. ICSFS-7, Appl. Surf. Sci. 166, 354 (2000) (PDF)

Effect of electrical doping on molecular level alignment at organic-organic heterojunctions, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 4815 (2003) (PDF)

Energy level alignment at organic heterojunctions: role of the charge neutrality level, H. Vazquez, W. Gao, F. Flores and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication 71, 041306 (2005) (PDF)

Role of the Charge Neutrality Level at Metal/Organic and Organic/Organic Interfaces, H. Vazquez, F. Flores and A. Kahn, Proc. Int. Symp. Super-Functionality Organic Devices, IPAP Conf. Series 6, 1 (2005) (PDF)

Doping-induced realignment of molecular levels at organic-organic heterojunctions, A. Kahn, W. Zhao, W. Gao, H. Vazquez and F. Flores, Chem. Phys. 325, 129-137 (2006) (PDF)

Energy Level Alignment between 9-Phosphonoanthracene Self Assembled Monolayers and Pentacene, I. G. Hill, J. Hwang, C. Huang, A. Kahn, J. E. McDermott and J. Schwartz, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 012109 (2007) (PDF)

Organophosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayers for Gate Dielectric Surface Modification of Pentacene-Based Organic Thin-Film Transistors: A Comparative Study, Joseph E. McDermott, Matthew McDowell, Ian G. Hill, Jaehyung Hwang, Antoine Kahn, Stephen L. Bernasek, and Jeffrey Schwartz, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 12333 (2007) (PDF)

Substrate-dependent electronic structure of an organic heterojunction, Wei Zhao, Eric Salomon, Qing Zhang, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder and Antoine Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 77, 165336 (2008) (PDF)

Charge transfer at n-doped organic-organic heterojunctions, Wei Zhao and Antoine Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 123711 (2009) (PDF)

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Doping of Organic Molecular Films

Controlled p-type doping of an organic molecular semiconductor, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 4040 (2001) (PDF)

Electronic structure and current injection in zinc phthalocyanine doped with tetrafluorotetracyanoquino-dimethane: interface versus bulk effects, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 3, 53 (2002) (PDF)

Controlled p-doping of the hole-transport molecular material N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis (1-naphthyl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine with tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane, W. Gao and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 94, 359 (2003) (PDF)

Effect of electrical doping on molecular level alignment at organic-organic heterojunctions, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 4815 (2003) (PDF)

Electrical doping: impact on interfaces of p-conjugated molecular films, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S2757-S2770 (2003) (PDF)

Contact Potential Difference Measurements of Doped Organic Molecular Thin Films, C. Chan, W. Gao and A. Kahn, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 22, 1488 (2004) (PDF)

Electrical doping of Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) with tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane by solution method, J. Hwang and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 103705 (2005) (PDF)

Enhancement of iridium-based organic light-emitting diodes by spatial doping of the hole transport layer, Y. Wang, W. Gao, S. Braun, W.R. Salaneck, F. Amy, C. Chan and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 193501 (2005) (PDF)

Molecular n-type doping of NTCDA by pyronin B studied by direct and inverse photoemission spectroscopy, C. Chan, E.-G. Kim, J.-L. Brédas and A. Kahn, Adv. Funct. Mat. 16, 831 (2006) (PDF)

Effecient n-type doping of an electron transport material by the controlled gas-phase incorporation of cobaltocene, C. K. Chan, F. Amy, Q. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. Marder and A. Kahn, Chem. Phys. Lett. 431, 67 (2006) (PDF)

Incorporation of cobaltocene as an n-dopant in organic molecular films, C.K. Chan, S. Barlow, Q. Zhang, S.R. Marder, and A. Kahn, J. Appl. Phys. 102, 014906 (2007) (PDF)

Decamethylcobaltocene as an efficient n-dopant in organic electronic materials and devices, Calvin K. Chan, Wei Zhao, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder, and Antoine Kahn, Org. Elect. 9, 575 (2008) (PDF)

N-doping of pentacene by decamethylcobaltocene, Calvin K. Chan and Antoine Kahn, Appl. Phys. A 95, 7 (2009) DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-4997-x (PDF)

Influence of chemical doping on the performance of organic photovoltaic cells, C.K. Chan, W. Zhao, A. Kahn and I.G. Hill, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 203306 (2009) (PDF)

P-type doping of organic wide band gap materials by transition metal oxides: a case study on molybdenum trioxide, Michael Kröger, Sami Hamwi, Jens Meyer, Thomas Riedl, Wolfgang Kowalsky, and Antoine Kahn, Org. Elect. 10, 932 (PDF)

Isolated molecular dopants in pentacene observed by scanning tunneling microscopy, Sieu Ha and Antoine Kahn, Phys. Rev. Lett. (submitted)

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Fundamental Optical and Electronic Properties of Organic Molecular Films

Electron-hole interaction energy in the organic molecular semiconductor PTCDA, C.I. Wu, Y. Hirose, H. Sirringhaus and A. Kahn, Chem. Phys. Lett. 272, 43 (1997) (PDF)

Occupied and unoccupied electronic levels in organic p-conjugated molecules: comparison between experiment and theory, I.G. Hill, A. Kahn, J. Cornill, D.A. dos Santos and J.L. Brédas, Chem. Phys. Lett. 317, 444 (2000) (PDF)

Charge separation energy in films of p -conjugated organic molecules, I.G. Hill, A. Kahn, Z.G. Soos and R.A. Pascal, Jr., Chem. Phys. Lett. 327, 181 (2000) (PDF)

Reorganization energy in pentacene, N.E. Gruhn, D.A. Filho, T.G. Bill, M. Malagoli, A. Kahn, and J.L. Brédas, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 124, 7918 (2002) (PDF)

Electronic polarization at surfaces and thin films of organic molecular crystals: PTCDA, E.V. Tsiper, Z. Soos, W. Gao and A. Kahn, Chem. Phys. Lett. 360, 47 (2002) (PDF)

Contact Potential Difference Measurements of Doped Organic Molecular Thin Films, C. Chan, W. Gao and A. Kahn, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A 22, 1488 (2004) (PDF)

Study of excited states of fluorinated copper phthalocyanine by inner shell excitation, K.K. Okudaira, H. Setoyama, H. Yagi, K. Mase, S. Kera, A. Kahn and N. Ueno, J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 137-140, 137 (2004) (PDF)

Polarization at the gold-pentacene interface, F. Amy, C. Chan and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 6, 85 (2005) (PDF)

Electron affinities of 1,1-diaryl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles: direct measurements and comparison with experimental and theoretical estimates, X. Zhan, C. Risko, F. Amy, C. Chan, W. Zhao, S. Barlow, A. Kahn, J.-L. Brédas, and S. R. Marder, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 9021 (2005) (PDF)

Nanoscale measurements of electronic properties in organic thin film transistors, O. Tal, Y. Rosenwaks, C. Chan, A. Kahn, Y. Roichman and N. Tessler, Proceed. 2005 Spring MRS Symposium

High charge carrier mobility in an amorphous hexaazatrinaphthylene derivative, B.R. Kaafarani, T. Kondo, J. Yu, Q. Zhang, D. Dattilo, C. Risko, S.C. Jones, S. Barlow, B. Domercq, F. Amy, A. Kahn, J.-L. Brédas, B. Kippelen, and S.R. Marder, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 16358 (2005) (PDF)

Direct determination of the hole density of states in doped and undoped amorphous organic films with high lateral resolution, O. Tal, Y. Rosenwaks, Y. Preeznan, N. Tessler, C. Chan and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 256405 (2005) (PDF)

Effective threshold voltage as a measure of molecular levels shift in organic thin film transistors, O. Tal and Y. Rosenwaks, C. K. Chan and A. Kahn, Y. Roichman, Y. Preezant and N. Tessler, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 043509 (2006) (PDF)

Spectroscopic study on sputtered PEDOT:PSS: role of surface PSS layer, J. Hwang, F. Amy and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 7, 387 (2006) (PDF)

Synthesis, ionization potentials and electron affinities of hexaazatrinaphthylene derivatives, S. Barlow, Q. Zhang, B. Kaafarani, C. Risko, F. Amy, B. Domercq, T.V. Timofeeva, B. Kippelen, J.-L. Bredas, A. Kahn and S.R. Marder, Chem. Eur. J. 13, 3537 (2007) (PDF)

Evidence of environmental strains on charge injection in silole based organic light emitting diodes, N. Huby and L. Hirsch, L. Aubouy and P. Gerbier, A. Van Der Lee, F. Amy and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 75, 115416 (2007) (PDF)

Measurements of the Einstein Relation in doped and undoped Molecular Thin Films, O. Tal, I. Epstein, O. Baboor, Y. Roichman, Y. Ganot, N. Tessler, C.K Chan, A.Kahn, and Y. Rosenwaks, Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Comm. 77, 201201 (2008) (PDF)

Fluorenyl-substituted siloles: geometric, electronic, optical, and device properties, Xiaowei Zhan, Andreas Haldi, Chad Risko, Calvin Chan, Wei Zhao, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Zesheng An, Benoit Domercq, Stephen Barlow, Antoine Kahn, Bernard Kippelen, Jean-Luc Brédas, and Seth R. Marder, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 3157 (2008) (PDF)

Electronic and magnetic properties of Ni nanoparticles embedded in various organic matrices, Björn Bräuer, Yana Vaynzof, Wei Zhao, Antoine Kahn, Wen Li, Dietrich Zahn, César de Julián Fernández, Claudio Sangregorio, and Georgeta Salvan, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 4565 (2009) (PDF)

How Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Can Help Understanding the Magnetic Properties of Molecules: An Example from the Class of Cu(II)-Bis(oxamato) Complexes, Björn Bräuer, Mandy Grobosch, Martin Knupfer, Florian Weigend, Yana Vaynzof, Antoine Kahn, and Georgeta Salvan, J. Phys. Chem. B Lett. (accepted for publication)
 

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Molecular Electronics

How do electronic carriers cross alkyl monolayers?, A. Salomon, O. Girshevitz, D. Cahen, T. Boecking, M. Gal, C.K. Chan, F. Amy and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 266807 (2005) (PDF)

Energy level and band alignment for GaAs-alkylthiol monolayer-Hg junctions, from electrical transport and photoemission experiments, G. Nesher, A. Vilan, H. Cohen, D. Cahen, F. Amy, C. Chan, J. Hyung and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. 110, 14363 (2006) (PDF)

Electronic structure of Si(111)-bound alkyl monolayers: theory and experiment, L. Segev, A. Salomon, A. Natan, D. Cahen, L. Kronic, F. Amy, C. Chan and A. Kahn, Phys. Rev. B 74, 165323 (2006) (PDF)

Radiation damage to alkyl chain monolayers on semiconductor substrates investigated by electron spectroscopy, F. Amy, C. K. Chan, W. Zhao, J. Hyung, M. Ono, T. Sueyoshi, S. Kera, G. Nesher, A. Salomon, L. Segev, O. Seitz, H. Shpaisman, A. Scholl, M. Haeming, D. Cahen, L. Kronik, N. Ueno, E. Umbach and A. Kahn, Chem. Phys. B. 110, 21826 (2006) (PDF)

What is the barrier for tunneling through alkyl monolayers? Results from n- and p-Si-C-alkyl/Hg junctions, A. Salomon, O. Seitz, T. Boecking, L. Segev, L. Kronik, F. Amy, C. K. Chan, A. Kahn and D. Cahen, Adv. Mat. 19, 445 (2007) (PDF)

Effect of doping organic monolayers on electronic charge transport, O. Seitz, A. Vilan, H. Cohen, C. Chan, J. Hwang, A. Kahn and D. Cahen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 7494 (2007) (PDF)

Doping molecular monolayers: effects on electrical transport through alkyl chains on Si, Oliver Seitz, Ayelet Vilan, Hagay Cohen, Jaehyung Hwang, Chen Huang, Marc Haeming, Achim Schoell, Eberhard Umbach, Antoine Kahn, and David Cahen, Adv. Funct. Mat. 18, 2102 (2008) (PDF)

Electronic Transport through Molecular Monolayers: Comparison between Hg / alkoxy & alkyl monolayer / Si (100) junctions, Florent Thieblemont, Oliver Seitz, Ayelet Vilan, Hagai Cohen, Eric Salomon, Antoine Kahn, and David Cahen, Adv. Mat. 20, 3931 (2008) (PDF)

Electrical transport and photoemission experiments of alkylphosphonate monolayers on GaAs, Hagay Shpaisman, Guy Nesher, Ayelet Vilan, Hagai Cohen, David Cahen, Eric Salomon,and Antoine Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 3313 (2009) (PDF)

Electronic Band Structure and Ensemble Effect in Monolayers of Linear Molecules investigated by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, M. Häming, J. Ziroff, E. Salomon, O. Seitz, D. Cahen, A. Kahn, E. Umbach, A. Schöll and F. Reinert, Phys. Rev. B 79, 155418 (2009) (PDF)

Molecules on Si: Electronics with Chemistry, Ayelet Vilan, Omer Yaffe, Ariel Biller, Adi Salomon, Antoine Kahn, David Cahen, Adv. Mat. (accepted for publication)

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Polymer Interfaces

Interface energetics of polyfluorene and fluorene-arylamine copolymers, J. Hwang and A. Kahn, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6333, 633310, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices X, Z. Kafafi and F. So Edits. (2006) (PDF)

Spectroscopic study on sputtered PEDOT:PSS: role of surface PSS layer, J. Hwang, F. Amy and A. Kahn, Organic Electronics 7, 387 (2006) (PDF)

Photoelectron spectroscopic study of the electronic band structure of polyfluorene and fluorene-arylamine copolymers at interfaces, J. Hwang, E.-G. Kim, J. Liu, J.-L. Bredas, A. Duggal and A. Kahn, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 1378 (2007) (PDF)

Enhancement of electron injection into a light-emitting polymer from an aluminum oxide cathode modified by a self-assembled monolayer, Yana Vaynzof, Joseph T. Dennes, Jeffrey Schwartz and Antoine Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 103305 (2008) (PDF)

Hole injection in a model fluorene-triarylamine copolymer, Hon Hang Fong, Alexis Papadimitratos, Jaehyung Hwang, Antoine Kahn and George G. Malliaras Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 304 (2009) (PDF)