Workplan

Phase 1

Year 1:
Deliverable 1.1: Installing and operation of electro-spray deposition system (BS)
Deliverable 1.2: Installation and operation of the RT NC-AFM head in the UHV system (KRK)
Deliverable 1.3: Ge (001) as the substrate for the growth of copper phatlocyanines (CuPc) – comparison of passivated and unpassivated surface (KRK)
Deliverable 1.4: Growth of ruthenium dyes on patterned ionic surface (BS)
Deliverable 1.5: Organization of joint meeting.

Year 2:
Deliverable 2.1: TiO2 vs. patterned ionic crystal as a substrate for ruthenium dyes deposited by electro-spray deposition (BS)
Deliverable 2.2: Growth of metal phtalocyanines (MPc) on TiO2 substrate (KRK)
Deliverable 2.3: Operation of the systems allowing for KPFM measurements of the response of the molecular assemblies for electromagnetic excitation (BS, KRK)
Deliverable 2.4: Alternative small molecule: porphyrines on TiO2 and Ge(100) surfaces (KRK)
Deliverable 2.5: Ionic crystals as substrates for MPcs and porphyrines (BS)
Deliverable 2.6: Properties of custom-designed molecules (KRK,BS)

Milestone 1. The list of the systems offering the best chance for in-depth investigation of relation between morphology and electronic structure

Phase 2

Year 3:
Deliverable 4.1: selection of the best-suited systems for optical-excitation measurements (KRK, BS)
Deliverable 4.2: Investigation of the dependence of the KPFM response to light excitation of selected systems on the morphology of the assemblies (KRK,BS)
Year 4:
Deliverable 5.1: Test of advanced analysis of molecular assemblies under synchrotron radiation (KRK,BS)
Deliverable 5.2: Formulating of the general rules allowing for connection the morphological features of the assemblies with charge evolution within them (KRK,BS)
Deliverable 5.3: Closing meeting.