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EPSRC Reference: GR/L10468/01
Title: THEORY OF ELECTRON STATES IN ORGANIC MATERIALS AND SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY
Principal Investigator: Fisher, Professor AJ
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Department: Physics and Astronomy
Organisation: UCL
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 April 1996 Ends: 31 March 1997 Value (£): 10,064
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Surfaces & Interfaces
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This research project will study the theory of systems in which the motion of the electrons and the structure are intimately linked. It brings together studies of a number of systems where the interplay between electronic and atomic structure has important experimental consequences, and which lend themselves to treatment by a common set of theoretical tools. The systems to be studied are: current flow and tip-sample interaction in scanning tunnelling microscopy and other scanning probe microscopies; zero-point motion of implanted muons in organic materials; charge transfer of electrons through organic materials, including conducting polymers, absorbed molecules at surfaces, and model biological systems. The problems will be addressed by a combination of first-principles molecular dynamics and electron transport calculations.Key Words: Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces, Materials, Polymers, Biorganic Chemistry, Nanotechnology.
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