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@PHDTHESIS{Yang:902299,
author = {Yang, Xiaosheng},
title = {{I}nvestigating the {I}nteraction between π-{C}onjugated
{O}rganic {M}olecules and {M}etal {S}urfaces with
{P}hotoemission {T}omography},
volume = {71},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-04162},
isbn = {978-3-95806-584-0},
series = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe Information
/ Information},
pages = {xviii, 173 S.},
year = {2021},
note = {RWTH Aachen, Diss., 2021},
abstract = {Photoemission tomography (PT) is a combined experimental
and theoretical technique applied to molecule–metal
interfaces which uses angle-resolved photoemission
spectroscopy over a wide angular range, while the
photoelectron angular distributions in reciprocal space
(momentum maps, or called $\textit{k}$-maps) are interpreted
in terms of the molecular orbital structure of the initial
state. This thesis uses PT to investigate various aspects of
the interaction between $\pi$-conjugated organic molecular
adsorbates and metal surfaces: PT was successfully used to
identify the exact products of chemical reactions at
surfaces and their local bonding. The measured
$\textit{k}$-maps confirm a modification of the orbital
structure of dibromo-bianthracene on Cu(110) in the thermal
reaction and the fully hydrogenated bisanthene is found to
be the correct reaction intermediate. To decouple molecular
adsorbates from the metal substrate, PT was employed to
gauge whether charge is transferred through the interface.
Oxygen adsorbed on the Cu(100) surface immobilizes the
surface electrons in the Cu–Ocovalent bonds, thus
achieving electronic and physical decoupling of
perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride as determined by
combined results of PT and normal incidence X-ray standing
waves. A special example of an electronically inhomogeneous
unary molecular layer on a metal surface is showcased in the
saturated monolayer of tetracene on Ag(110). With the help
of PT, two highest occupied molecular orbital peaks in the
photoemission spectra were found, indicating that two
molecular species coexist in the tetracene layer—while one
molecule remains neutral, another is charged. Finally, we
applied PT to study photoelectron angular distributions for
highly-hybridized molecule–metal systems, monolayers of
p-sexiphenyl, p-quinquephenyl, and pentacene on Cu(110) and
on Ag(110), respectively. In $\textit{k}$-maps measured for
the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, PT has identified
the scattering of either the Shockley surface states or the
states around the projected bulk band gap. The scattering
vectors can be directly related to reciprocal lattice
vectors of the overlayer structure.},
cin = {PGI-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
pnm = {5213 - Quantum Nanoscience (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/902299},
}