Energy dependent Chemical Interface Damping induced by 1-Decanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer on Au(111)

Maurice Pfeiffer, Gregor B. Vonbun-Feldbauer, Jacob B. Khurgin +5

The chemical interface damping (CID) effect increases the collision frequency of free electrons in metals by changes of the metal surface. We have now experimentally disentangled t…