Center for Advanced Molecular Materials

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Center for Advanced Molecular Materials

• Director Stacey SörensenUniversity of Lund

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Senior members

• William R. Salaneck Prof. of surface physics and
  chemistry, LiU
• Hans Siegbahn Prof. of atomic and molecular
  physics, UU
• Stacey Sörensen Assoc. prof. of synchrotron
  radiation physics, LU
• Svante Svensson Prof. of physics, UU
• Hans Ågren Prof. of theoretical chemistry, KTH
• Olle Björneholm, Assoc. Prof UU Education
• Mats Fahlman, Assoc. Prof. LiU industry

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Researchers

• Faris Gelmukhanov, KTH
• Michel de Jong, Linköping University
• Håkan Rensmo, Uppsala University
• Pavel Salek, KTH
• Margit Andersson, Lund University
• Gunnar Öhrwall, Uppsala University

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Financial summary

• Program coordination 500 kkr/year
• Central programs 300 kkr/year
• Young researchers 500 kkr/year
• Guest professor 1.2 Mkr
• Total grant 18 Mkr

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Goals
Electronic structure of molecules - clusters -
solid surfaces Size dependent properties Surface
vs bulk Nanostructured materials Nanocrystals,
surface ligands
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Focus

• Spectroscopy in industry
• Spectroscopy of novel molecular materials
• High-resolution spectroscopy for
• surfaces, surface coatings, adhesion, etc.
• Intercalation materials for batteries
• Hybrid interfaces in solar cell applications

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Camm Workshops and courses
2001 Japan-Sweden Workshop on Advanced
spectroscopy of organic materials for electronic
applications, ASOMEA 2002 Molecular
materials
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YOUNG RESEARCHERS
INDUSTRIAL USE OF SPECTRO- SCOPIC INFORMATION
NOVELMATERIALS STUDIES
FORMALCOOPER-ATION
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Projects

• Nanostructured semiconductor systems
• Studies of molecular biosurfaces
• Studies of neutral molecular aggregates
• Model molecules for polymers
• Organic semiconductors for spintronics
• Charged excitons in molecular 2-d materials
• Quantum chemical calculations of materials

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Nanostructured surfaces

• Nanoporous and Nanocrystalline
• About 10 nm sized nanocrystals
• Surface magnification
• (100 times /µm)

10 mm
Increase the number of photoelectrochemical and
electrochemical reactions at the interface
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Potential applications
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Energy production Solar cells
Energy storage Batteries
Energy savings Smart windows
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Solar cells-an example
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Molecular structures in model systems
O XPS bonding sites
Using core level photoelectron spectroscopy in
combination with x-ray absorption spectroscopy
insight into the molecular structure of the
molecules at the surface can be obtained.
L. Patthey, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5913 (99)
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Aggregates rare gases

• Well separated features for
• Surface atoms
• Bulk atoms
• Noncondensed atoms
• Surf/bulk ratio
• Cluster size
• Diagnostic..