U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy (OMBE)

该提案旨在加强PI的研究小组和德累斯顿工业大学的Karl Leo在分子束外延领域的合作。这两个团队在超高真空沉积和在各种金属和光学质量单晶衬底上表征晶体有机染料方面具有互补的能力。德累斯顿小组通过开发软件模型在解释高能电子衍射数据方面取得了实质性进展，该模型可以解释有机单层中的所有原子。在这项工作的过程中，建模能力将转移到美国的研究小组。本实验对组织薄膜的化学传感器和发光二极管应用具有重要意义。期望对参与的学生进行重要的跨学科培训。

The proposal seeks to strengthen the collaboration between the PI's research group and that of Karl Leo at the Technical University of Dresden in the area of molecular beam epitaxy. The two groups have complementary capabilities in the ultra-high vacuum deposition and characterization of crystalline organic dyes on a variety of metals and optical quality single crystal substrates. The Dresden group has made substantial progress in the interpretation of high energy electron diffraction data by developing software models that account for all atoms in the organic monolayer. That modeling capability will be transferred to the U.S. research group in the course of this work. The experiments to be performed are significant for both chemical sensor and light emitting diode applications of organized thin films. Significant cross-disciplinary training is expected for the students involved.