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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014
The relaxation dynamics of surface-bound n-alkyl chains was studied by broadband admittance spect... more The relaxation dynamics of surface-bound n-alkyl chains was studied by broadband admittance spectroscopy (10 mHz−10 MHz) measured at low temperature (130−300 K) in the reverse bias regime of rectifying Hg// organic monolayer (OML)−n-doped Si tunnel junctions. To obtain molecularlevel information on the structure and dynamics of grafted monolayers, carboxyl or amide dipolar moieties were located either at the top free surface with variable acid concentration (0%, 5%, and 100%) or at the inner position in the alkyl backbone (100% amide units). Two classes of dipolar relaxation mechanisms are found with different thermally activated behavior. At low T, only peak A is observed (f ≈ 10 2 −10 5 Hz) with very small activation energy (E A = 20−40 meV) and pre-exponential factor (f 0 A ≈ 10 3 −10 6 Hz). With increasing T, peak B also appears, with higher values of activation energy, E B = 0.25−0.40 eV, and pre-exponential factor ( f 0 B ≈ 10 8 −10 10 Hz). The biasindependent relaxation mechanism A, with very low activation energy typical of dipole−dipole interaction, is attributed to extrinsic relaxation of adventitious H 2 O molecules in hydrogen-bond clusters. Mechanism B is attributed to intrinsic relaxation of the alkyl chain assembly. In the acid series, the relative intensity of peak B is consistent with the acid group coverage given by XPS, in contrast with peak A, and its activation energy reveals increased motional constraints in the acid-substituted OML. The shape of dipolar relaxation peaks, discussed in the framework of Dissado-Hill/Jonscher theories for many-body interactions, is useful to discriminate near-substrate and molecular tail relaxations through order/disorder effects.
Physical Review B, 2010
We report on ballistic electron-emission spectroscopy on high-quality Au (110)/GaAs (001) and Fe ... more We report on ballistic electron-emission spectroscopy on high-quality Au (110)/GaAs (001) and Fe (001)/GaAs (001) Schottky contacts. For the Au (110)/GaAs (001) interface, the ballistic current is characterized by a strong electron injection in the L valley of the GaAs ...
Applied Surface Science, 2001
... References. 1. J. Massies and N. Grandjean. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993), p. 1411. Full Text vi... more ... References. 1. J. Massies and N. Grandjean. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993), p. 1411. Full Text via CrossRef | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (74). 2. J. Fassbender, U. May, B. Schirmer, RM Jungblut, B. Hillebrands and G. Güntherodt. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995), p. 4476. ...
Applied Physics Letters, 2008
Fully epitaxial Fe͑110͒/MgO͑111͒/Fe͑110͒ magnetic tunnel junctions ͑MTJs͒ have been tested with r... more Fully epitaxial Fe͑110͒/MgO͑111͒/Fe͑110͒ magnetic tunnel junctions ͑MTJs͒ have been tested with respect to symmetry-enforced spin filtering. The Fe͑110͒ electrodes exhibit ⌺ 1↑ and ⌺ 1↓ spin states, both crossing the Fermi level, but with a group velocity about 50% smaller for the minority states compared to the majority ones. These epitaxial but symmetry-mismatched MTJs yield tunneling magnetoresistance ͑TMR͒ values of 54% at 1.5 K and 28% at room temperature. The TMR value and the estimated tunneling spin polarization are consistent with a partial spin filtering due to the ⌺ 1↑ states partially compensated by the ⌺ 1↓ states.
Applied Physics Letters, 2010
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014
The relaxation dynamics of surface-bound n-alkyl chains was studied by broadband admittance spect... more The relaxation dynamics of surface-bound n-alkyl chains was studied by broadband admittance spectroscopy (10 mHz−10 MHz) measured at low temperature (130−300 K) in the reverse bias regime of rectifying Hg// organic monolayer (OML)−n-doped Si tunnel junctions. To obtain molecularlevel information on the structure and dynamics of grafted monolayers, carboxyl or amide dipolar moieties were located either at the top free surface with variable acid concentration (0%, 5%, and 100%) or at the inner position in the alkyl backbone (100% amide units). Two classes of dipolar relaxation mechanisms are found with different thermally activated behavior. At low T, only peak A is observed (f ≈ 10 2 −10 5 Hz) with very small activation energy (E A = 20−40 meV) and pre-exponential factor (f 0 A ≈ 10 3 −10 6 Hz). With increasing T, peak B also appears, with higher values of activation energy, E B = 0.25−0.40 eV, and pre-exponential factor ( f 0 B ≈ 10 8 −10 10 Hz). The biasindependent relaxation mechanism A, with very low activation energy typical of dipole−dipole interaction, is attributed to extrinsic relaxation of adventitious H 2 O molecules in hydrogen-bond clusters. Mechanism B is attributed to intrinsic relaxation of the alkyl chain assembly. In the acid series, the relative intensity of peak B is consistent with the acid group coverage given by XPS, in contrast with peak A, and its activation energy reveals increased motional constraints in the acid-substituted OML. The shape of dipolar relaxation peaks, discussed in the framework of Dissado-Hill/Jonscher theories for many-body interactions, is useful to discriminate near-substrate and molecular tail relaxations through order/disorder effects.
Physical Review B, 2010
We report on ballistic electron-emission spectroscopy on high-quality Au (110)/GaAs (001) and Fe ... more We report on ballistic electron-emission spectroscopy on high-quality Au (110)/GaAs (001) and Fe (001)/GaAs (001) Schottky contacts. For the Au (110)/GaAs (001) interface, the ballistic current is characterized by a strong electron injection in the L valley of the GaAs ...
Applied Surface Science, 2001
... References. 1. J. Massies and N. Grandjean. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993), p. 1411. Full Text vi... more ... References. 1. J. Massies and N. Grandjean. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993), p. 1411. Full Text via CrossRef | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (74). 2. J. Fassbender, U. May, B. Schirmer, RM Jungblut, B. Hillebrands and G. Güntherodt. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995), p. 4476. ...
Applied Physics Letters, 2008
Fully epitaxial Fe͑110͒/MgO͑111͒/Fe͑110͒ magnetic tunnel junctions ͑MTJs͒ have been tested with r... more Fully epitaxial Fe͑110͒/MgO͑111͒/Fe͑110͒ magnetic tunnel junctions ͑MTJs͒ have been tested with respect to symmetry-enforced spin filtering. The Fe͑110͒ electrodes exhibit ⌺ 1↑ and ⌺ 1↓ spin states, both crossing the Fermi level, but with a group velocity about 50% smaller for the minority states compared to the majority ones. These epitaxial but symmetry-mismatched MTJs yield tunneling magnetoresistance ͑TMR͒ values of 54% at 1.5 K and 28% at room temperature. The TMR value and the estimated tunneling spin polarization are consistent with a partial spin filtering due to the ⌺ 1↑ states partially compensated by the ⌺ 1↓ states.
Applied Physics Letters, 2010