@article{MaierPoluektovJesteretal.2016,
  author    = {Maier, Stefan K. and Poluektov, Georgiy and Jester, Stefan-S. and M{\"o}ller, Heiko Michael and Hoeger, Sigurd},
  title     = {Fast Oxidative Cyclooligomerization towards Low- and High-Symmetry Thiophene Macrocycles},
  series = {Chemistry - a European journal},
  volume    = {22},
  journal   = {Chemistry - a European journal},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {0947-6539},
  doi       = {10.1002/chem.201503211},
  pages     = {1379 -- 1384},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Macrocycles with quaterthiophene subunits were obtained by cyclooligomerization by direct oxidative coupling of unsubstituted dithiophene moieties. The rings were closed with high selectivity by an \&\#945;,\&\#946;\&\#8242;-connection of the thiophenes as proven by NMR spectroscopy. The reaction of the precursor with terthiophene moieties yielded the symmetric \&\#945;,\&\#945;\&\#8242;-linked macrocycle in low yield together with various differently connected isomers. Blocking of the \&\#946;-position of the half-rings yielded selectively the \&\#945;,\&\#945;\&\#8242;-linked macrocycle. Selected cyclothiophenes were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy, which displayed the formation of highly ordered 2D crystalline monolayers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LangeReiterPaetzeletal.2014,
  author    = {Lange, Ilja and Reiter, Sina and Paetzel, Michael and Zykov, Anton and Nefedov, Alexei and Hildebrandt, Jana and Hecht, Stefan and Kowarik, Stefan and Woell, Christof and Heimel, Georg and Neher, Dieter},
  title     = {Tuning the work function of polar zinc oxide surfaces using modified phosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers},
  series = {Advanced functional materials},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {Advanced functional materials},
  number    = {44},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1616-301X},
  doi       = {10.1002/adfm.201401493},
  pages     = {7014 -- 7024},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Zinc oxide (ZnO) is regarded as a promising alternative material for transparent conductive electrodes in optoelectronic devices. However, ZnO suffers from poor chemical stability. ZnO also has a moderate work function (WF), which results in substantial charge injection barriers into common (organic) semiconductors that constitute the active layer in a device. Controlling and tuning the ZnO WF is therefore necessary but challenging. Here, a variety of phosphonic acid based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) deposited on ZnO surfaces are investigated. It is demonstrated that they allow the tuning the WF over a wide range of more than 1.5 eV, thus enabling the use of ZnO as both the hole-injecting and electron-injecting contact. The modified ZnO surfaces are characterized using a number of complementary techniques, demonstrating that the preparation protocol yields dense, well-defined molecular monolayers.},
  language  = {en}
}