Surface-selective functionalization of inorganic semiconductors (A04)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2011 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 182087777

The first goal of project A4 is to develop ligands for the solution-based, surface-selective functionalization of inorganic semiconductor nanostructures with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of covalently attached organic molecules. A combination of quantum-mechanical and thermodynamic simulations will be employed to predict stoichiometry, structure, and properties of such systems. The second goal is to predict the properties of multi-functional SAMs that allow dynamically changing the energy-level alignment and mutual electronic coupling between inorganic and organic semiconductor components at a hybrid interface.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 951: Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Systems for Opto-Electronics (HIOS)
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Project Head: Dr. Georg Heimel