Growth and characterisation of organic semiconductors at metal surfaces

Abstract

This thesis is a report of work carried out at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute at the University of Central Lancashire, the Stephenson Institute For Renewable Energy at the University of Liverpool and the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Lab. The focus of study are systems of interest to developing molecular electronics and systems that facilitate the synthesis of graphene patterned with ordered defects. The approach taken to developing the latter is via the deposition of precursor molecules atop symmetry conflicting substrates.