Collective Electrostatics vs through-Space Interactions: Electronic Properties of Molecules with Multiple Polar Substituents.

ABSTRACT: Collective electrostatic has been identified as the single most important factor determining the electronic structure and (electronic) functionality of heterogeneous interfaces. It changes spectroscopically determined quantities like electron binding energies and core-level shifts. Additionally, it results in massive changes of surface potentials and injection barriers in conventional and molecular electronic devices and shifts the electrostatic potential within the channels of porous materials. Collective electrostatics is triggered by the superposition of the electric fields of dipoles, which are arranged in a (semi)-periodic fashion. This raises the questions, which role it plays in individual molecules comprising multiple polar substituents and how collective electrostatics is related

SUBMITTER: Zojer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856644 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature