Publication List for 1998-2012
1.

F. Bussolotti, S. Kera, N. Ueno, Potassium doping of single crystalline pentacene thin film,
Phys. Rev. B 86, 155120-1-9 (2012).
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155120 (online OCT)

2.

A. Hinderhofer, T. Hosokai, K. Yonezawa, A. Gerlach, K. Kato, K. Broch, C. Frank, J. Novák, S.
Kera, N. Ueno, and F. Schreiber, Post-growth surface smooting of thin films ofdiindenoperylene, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101(3) 033307-1-4 (2012).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737168 (online AUG)

3.

Q. Xin, S. Duhm, F. Bussolotti, K. Akaike, Y. Kubozono, H. Aoki, T. Kosugi, S. Kera, and N.
Ueno, Accessing surface Brillouin zone and band structure of picene single crystals, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 108, 226401-1-5 (2012).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.226401 (online JUN)

4.

Y.L. Huang, Y. Lu, T.C. Niu, H. Huang, S. Kera, N. Ueno, ATS. Wee, W. Chen, Reversible
single-molecule switching in an ordered monolayer molecular dipole array, Small 8(9),1423-1428 (2012).
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201101967 (online DEC2011, pub/FEB2012)

5.

S. Duhm, Q. Xin, S. Hosoumi, H. Fukagawa, K. Ssto, N. Ueno, S. Kera, Charge reorganizationenergy and small polaron binding energy of rubrene thin films by ultraviolet photoelectron
spectroscopy, Advanced Materials 24(7), 901-905 (2012).
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103262(online OCT2011, pub/JAN2012)

6.

H. Shpaisman, O. Seitz, O. Yaffe, K. Roodenko, L. Scheres, H. Zuilhof, Y. J. Chabal, T.
Sueyoshi, S. Kera, N. Ueno, A. Vilan, D. Cahen, Correlating Temperature Dependent ElectricalTransport Through Alkyl Monolayers with vibrational and Photoelectron Spectroscopies,
Shpaisman, Chemical Science, 3, 851-862 (2012). (EDGE article).
DOI: 10.1039/c1sc00639h

7.

T.C. Niu, Y.L. Huang, J.T. Sun, S. Kera, N. Ueno, ATS. Wee, W. Chen, Tunable
two-dimensional molecular dipole dot arrays on graphite, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 143114-1-3(2011). 10.1063/1.3647563

8.

Q. Xin, S. Duhm, S. Hosoumi, N. Ueno, X-T. Tao, S. Kera, Impact of Nitrogen Substitution and
Molecular Orientation on the Energy Level Alignment of Heteroacene Films, J. Phys. Chem. C
115, 15502-15508 (2011). 10.1021/jp204277g

9.

M.-H. Shang, M. Nagaosa, S. Nagamatsu, S. Kera, T. Fujikawa, N. Ueno, Photoemission fromvalence bands of transition metal phthalocyenines, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.
184 (3-6), 261-264 (2011). 10.1016/j.elspec.2010.10.006

10. T. Hosokai, H. Machida, A. Gerlach, S. Kera, F. Schreiber, and N. Ueno, Impact of structuralimperfection on the energy level alignment in organic films, Phys. Rev. B 83, 195310-1-7(2011). 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195310
11. A. Gerlach, T. Hosokai, S. Duhm, S. Kera, O.T. Hofmann, E. Zojer, J. Zegenhagen, F. Schreiber,
Orientational ordering of non-planar phthalocyanines on Cu(111): Strength and orientation of
the electric dipole moment, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 156102-1-4 (2011).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.156102

12. S. Duhm, Q. Xin, N. Koch, N. Ueno, and S. Kera, Impact of alkyl side chains at self-assembly,
electronic structure and charge arrangement in sexithiophene thin films, Org. Electronics. 12,
903-910 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.03.009
13. H. Fukagawa, S. Hosoumi, H. Yamana, S. Kera, N. Ueno, Dielectric properties ofpolar-phthalocyanine monolayer systems with repulsive dipole interaction, Phys. Rev. B 83.
085304-1-8 (2011).
14. H. Y. Mao, F. Bussolotti, D.-C. Qi, R. Wang, S. Kera, N. Ueno, A. T. S. Wee, W. Chen,
Mechanism of the Fermi Level Pinning at Organic Donor-Acceptor Heterojunction Interfaces,
Org. Electronics, 12, 534-540 (2011).
15. A. Habib, T. Hosokai, N. Mitsuo, R. Nakagawa, S. Nagamatsu, M. Aoki, S. Masuda, S. Kera,and N. Ueno, Observation and Analysis of Small Inclination of Thymine Molecules on Graphite,
J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 511-515 (2011).
16. Y.L. Huang, R. Wang, T.C. Niu, S. Kera, N. Ueno, J. Pflaum, A.T.S. Wee, and W. Chen, One
dimensional molecular dipole chain arrays on graphite via nanoscale phase separation, Chem.
Commun. 46, 9040-9042 (2010).
17. Y. Nakayama, S. Machida, S. Duhm, Q. Xin, A. Funakoshi, N. Ogawa, S. Kera, N. Ueno, Y.
Noguchi, H. Ishii, Light Effective Mass in the Widely-Dispersed Valence Band of Single
Crystalline Rubrene Observed by High-Resolution Angle-Resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron
Spectroscopy, Proceedings of 2009 MRS Fall Meeting, 1197, D07-31-1～6 (2010).
18. S. Machida, Y. Nakayama, S. Duhm, Q. Xin, A. Funakoshi, N.Ogawa, S. Kera, N. Ueno, and H.
Ishii, Highest-Occupied-Molecular-Orbital Band Dispersion of Rubrene Single Crystals as
Observed by Angle-Resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104,
156401-1-4 (2010).
19. T. Sueyoshi, H. Kakuta, M. Ono, K. Sakamoto, S. Kera, N. Ueno, Band gap states in copper
phthalocyanine thin films induced by N2 exposure, Appl. Phys. Lett, 96, 093303-1-3 (2010),
selected as APL: Organic Electronics and Photonics, March.
20. T. Hosokai; N. Mitsuo, S. Noro, T. Nakamura, S. Kera, K. Sakamoto, N. Ueno,
Thickness-dependent electronic properties and molecular orientation of diradical metal complex
thin films grown on SiO2, Chem. Phys. Lett. 487, 67-70 (2010).
21. S. Duhm, S. Hosoumi, I. Salzmann, A. Gerlach, M. Oehzelt, B. Wedl, T-L. Lee, F. Schreiber, N.
Koch, N. Ueno, and S. Kera, Influence of intramolecular polar bonds on interface energetics inperfluoro-pentacene on Ag(111), Phys. Rev. B 81, 045418-1-6 (2010).
22. T. Sueyoshi, H. Fukagawa, M. Ono, S. Kera, N. Ueno, Low-density band-gap states inpentacene thin films probed with ultrahigh-sensitivity ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy,
Appl. Phys. Lett, 95, 183303-1-3 (2009).
23. Y. Nakayama, K. Morii, Y. Suzuki, H. Machida, S. Kera, N. Ueno, H. Kitagawa, Y. Noguchi,
and H. Ishi, Improved Hole-Injection Efficiency by the Deposition of MoO3 on the Polymeric
Semiconductor Poly(dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole), Adv. Func. Mater. 19(23),3746-3752 (2009) .
24. H. Fujii, C. Himcinschi, M. Toader, S. Kera, D.R.T. Zahn, N. Ueno, Vibrational Properties of
Perfluoropentacene Thin Film, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.,174, 65-69 (2009).
25. S. Kera, H. Yamane, N. Ueno, First principles measurements of charge mobility in organic

semiconductors: Valence hole-vibration coupling in organic ultrathin films, Prog. Scuf. Sci. 84,
135-154 (2009) (Progress Highlight). [invited paper]
26. N. Ueno, S. Kera, Electron spectroscopy of functional organic thin films: Deep insights intovalence electronic structure in relation to charge transport property, Prog. Scuf. Sci., 83、490-557 (2008). (Review) [invited paper]
27. S. Duhm, I. Salzmann, N. Koch, H. Fukagawa, T. Kataoka, S. Hosoumi, K. Nebashi, S. Kera, N.
Ueno, Vacuum sublimed a,w-dihexylsexithiophene thin films: Correlating electronic structure
and molecular orientation, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 033717-7 (2008).
28. N. Ueno, S. Kera, K. Sakamoto, K.K. Okudaira, Energy band and electron-phonon coupling inorganic thin films: Photoelectron spectroscopy as a powerful tool for studying the chargetransport, Appl. Phys. A 92 (3) 495-504 (2008) [invited paper].
29. M.B. Casu, W. Braun, K.R. Bauchspieß, S. Kera, B. Megner, C. Heske, R. Thull and E.
Umbach, A multi-technique investigation of TiO2 films prepared by magnetron sputtering, Surf.
Sci, 602(8) 1599-1606 (2008).
30. T. Hosokai, M. Horie, T. Aoki, S. Nagamatsu, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Chage inmolecular conformation of dibenzo-crown ether induced by weak molecular-substrateinteraction, J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 4643-4648 (2008).
31. N. Ueno, S. Kera, H. Fukagawa, Role of intrinsic band-gap states for the energy levelalignment at weakly interacting organic-conductor interfaces: Gap states versus band dispersion
in pentacene thin films, SPIE proceeding, vol. 6656 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2007), 0D-1-9(2007).
32. M.B. Casu, Y. Zou, S. Kera, D. Batchelor, Th. Schmidt, and E. Umbach, Investigation ofpolarization effects in organic thin films by surface core-level shifts, Phys. Rev. B76, 193311-4(2007).
33. T. Sugiyama, T. Sasaki, S. Kera, N. Ueno, and T. Munakata, Photoemission microspectroscopy
and imaging of bilayer islands formed in monolayer titanyl phthalocyanine films, Chem. Phys.
Lett. 449, 319-322 (2007).
34. T. Hosokai, S. Kera, S. Matsumoto, K.K. Okudaira and N. Ueno, Substrate dependent
molecular orientation in thin films of bisazomethine dye studied by metastable atom electron
spectroscopy and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, Mol. Crys. Liq. Crys. 472, 43-50,(2007).
35. X.T. Hao, T. Hosokai, N. Mitsuo, S. Kera, K. Sakamoto, K. K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, The Control
of Electronic States Spreading Outside the Conjugated Polymer Surface in Organic Electronics
Materials, Devices and Applications, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 965E, 0965-S13-02.
(2007).
36. S. Nagamatsu, M. Ono, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, T. Fujikawa, and N. Ueno, Multiple Scattering
Approach to Polarization Dependence of F K-Edge XANES Spectra for Highly Oriented
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Thin Film, AIP Conference Proceedings 882, 514-516 (2007).
37. K. Fujii, S. Kera, M. Oiwa, K.K. Okudaira, K. Sakamoto, N. Ueno, Influence of intramolecularvibrations in charge redistribution at the pentacene-graphite interface, Surf. Sci. 601, 3765-3768(2007).

38. X.T. Hao, T. Hosokai, N. Mitsuo, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Control of theInterchain  Interaction and Electron Density Distribution at the Surface of ConjugatedPoly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Films, J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 10365-10372 (2007).
39. M. Shionoiri, M. Kozasa, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira and N. Ueno, Preparation Conditions ofPentacene Mnonolayer on Graphite Surface Studied by Photoemisson Electron Microscopy,
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 46(4A), 1625-1629 (2007).
40. S. Kera, H. Yamane, H. Fukagawa, T. Hanatani, K. K. Okudaira, K. Seki, and N. Ueno,
Angle-resolved UV photoelectron spectroscopy of titanyl phthalocyanine monolayer film ongraphite, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 156-158, 135-138 (2007).
41. S. Kera, H. Fukagawa, T. Kataoka, S. Hosoumi, H. Yamane, N. Ueno, Spectroscopic evidenceof strong pi-pi interorbital interaction in a lead-phthalocyanine bilayer film attributed to thedimer nanostructure, Phys. Rev. B 75, 121305-4 (Rapid) (2007).
42. X.T. Hao, T. Hosokai, N. Mitsuo, S. Kera, K. Sakamoto, K. K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Surface
electronic structures of polythiophene derivatives, Macromolecular Symposia. 249-250,
493-497 (2007).
43. H. Fukagawa, S. Kera , T. Kataoka, S. Hosoumi, Y. Watanabe, K. Kudo, and N. Ueno, The Roleof Ionization Potential in Vacuum-level Alignment at Organic Semiconductor Interfaces, Adv.
Mater. 19(5), 665-668 (2007).
44. K.K. Okudaira, E. Kobayashi, S. Kera, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Surface photodegradation ofpoly(vinylidene fluoride) by inner-shell excitation, Surf. Rev. Lett. 13 (2-3), 259-263 (2006).
45. K.K. Okudaira, E. Kobayashi, S. Kera, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Ion desorption by inner-shell
excitation and photodegradation of poly(vinylidene fluoride), MRS Symposium Proceedings
887, 243-248 (2006).
46. M. Ono, T. Sueyoshi, Y. Zhang, S. Kera, and N. Ueno, VUV induced doping ofCu-phthalocyanine thin films: A possibility of n-type doping, Mol. Crys. Liq. Crys. 455,
251-256 (2006).
47. H. Yamane, S. Nagamatsu, H. Fukagawa, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno,
Hole-Vibration Coupling in the Uppermost Valence Band Photoemission of Pentacene
Monolayer on Graphite, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 455, 235-240 (2006).
48. T. Sugiyama, T. Sasaki, S. Kera, N. Ueno, and T. Munakata, Intermolecular and inter-layerinteractions in copper phthalocyanine films as measured with microspot photoemission
spectroscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 202116-3 (2006).
49. X.T. Hao, T. Hosokai, N. Mitsuo, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, K. Mase and N. Ueno, Electronic
density tailing outside -conjugated polymer surface, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 182113-3 (2006).
50. F. Amy, C.K. Chan, W. Zhao, J. Hyung, M. Ono, T. Sueyoshi, S. Kera, G. Nesher, A. Salomon,
L. Segev, O. Seitz, H. Shpaisman, A. Schöll, M. Haeming, D. Cahen, L. Kronik, N. Ueno, E.
Umbach and A. Kahn, Radiation damage to alkyl chain monolayers on semiconductor substrates
investigated by electron spectroscopy., J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (43), 21826-21832 (2006).
51. S. Kera, M. B. Casu, A. Schöll, Th. Schmidt, D. Batchelor, E. Rühl, and E. Umbach ,High-resolution inner-shell excitation spectroscopy of H2-phthalocyanine, J. Chem. Phys. 125，014705-8 (2006).

52. H. Fukagawa, H. Yamane, T. Kataoka, S. Kera, M. Nakamura, K. Kudo, and N. Ueno, Origin ofHighest Occupied Band Position and Width of Pentacene Films: Hole Stabilization vs. Band
Dispersion, Phys. Rev. B 73, 245310-5 (2006).
53. S. Kera, S. Tanaka, H. Yamane, D. Yoshimura, K. K. Okudaira, K. Seki, and N. Ueno,
Quantitative analysis of photoelectron angular distribution of single-domain organic monolayer
film: NTCDA on GeS(001), Chem. Phys. 325, 113-120 (2006).
54. H. Yamane, Y. Yabuuchi, H. Fukagawa, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Does the molecularorientation induce an electric dipole in Cu-phthalocyanine thin films, J. Appl. Phys., 99,093706-5 (2006).
Selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol.11(11), 2006
55. S. Kera, M. B. Casu, K. R. Bauchspieβ, D. Batchelor, Th. Schmidt, and E. Umbach , Growthmode and molecular orientation of phthalocyanine molecules on metal single crystal substrates:
a NEXAFS and XPS study, Surf. Sci. 600, 1077-1084 (2006).
56. H. Fukagawa, H. Yamane, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Experimental Estimation of
Molecular Dipole Moment and Polarizability of Titanyl Phthalocyanine Using Ultraviolet
Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. B 73(Rapid), 041302-4 (2006).
57. H. Yamane, S. Nagamatsu, H. Fukagawa, S. Kera, R. Friedlein, K.K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno,
Hole-vibration coupling of the highest occupied state in pentacene thin films, Phys. Rev. B 72
(Brief), 153412-4 (2005).
Selected for Virt. J. Nano. Sci. & Tech., 12(20) 2005 and Virt. J. Ultrafast Sci., 4(11) 2005.
58. K.K. Okudaira, E. Kobayashi, S. Kera, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Ion desorption induced by F1s
region transitions of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) , Surf. Sci. 593, 297-302 (2005).
59. S. Nagamatsu, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, T. Fujikawa, N. Ueno, Multiple-Scattering Approach, toAngle-Resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Large Molecules, e-J. Surf. Sci.
Nanotech, 3, 461-465 (2005).
60. H. Yamane, H. Fukagawa, S. Nagamatsu, M. Ono, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Direct
Observation of the HOMO-hole/Vibration Coupling in Pentacene Thin Films by means ofHigh-Resolution Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy, IPAP Conf. Ser. 6, 19-22 (2005).
61. M. Ono, H. Yamane, H. Fukagawa, S. Kera, D. Yoshimura, E. Morikawa, K. Seki, N. Ueno,
Possibility of the Fermi Level Control by VUV-Induced Doping of an Organic Thin Film:
Polytetrafluoroethylene, IPAP Conf. Ser. 6. 27-30 (2005).
62. S. Kera and N. Ueno, Deep Insight into a Valence Hole in Organic Semiconductors:
High-Resolution Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy, IPAP Conf. Ser. 6. 51-56 (2005).
[invited]
63. H. Fukagawa, H. Yamane, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Effects of the Dipole Density on
the Electronic Structures of Oriented Thin Films of the Polarized Organic Molecule, IPAP Conf.
Ser. 6. 73-75 (2005).
64. K.K. Okudaira, E. Kobayashi, H. Yagi, S. Kera, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Site-Specific Ion
Desorption of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Studied Using Electron-Ion Coincidence Spectroscopy,
IPAP Conf. Ser. 6. 80-83 (2005).

65. S. Nagamatsu, M. Ono, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, T. Fujikawa, N. Ueno, Multiple Scattering
Approach to Polarization-Dependent F K-edge XANES Spectra of Polytetrafluoroethylene,
IPAP Conf. Ser. 6. 84-87 (2005).
66. A. Patnaik, K.K. Okudaira, S. Kera, H. Setoyama, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Polarized near-edge
x-ray-absorption fine structure spectroscopy of C60-functionalized 11-amino-1-undecane thiol
self-assembled monolayer: Molecular orientation and Evidence for C60 aggregation, J. Chem.
Phys. 122, 154703-1-9 (2005).
Selected for Virt. J. Nano. Sci. & Tech., 11(17) 2005.
67. H. Yamane, H. Fukagawa, H. Honda, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Fine structure of thehighest occupied band in OTi-phthalocyanine monolayer, Synth. Met. 152, 297- 300 (2005).
68. M. Shionoiri, I. Yamamoto, M. Onoue, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Substrate dependent
anizotropic surface diffusion of indium atoms on PTCDA thin films studies by PEEM, Synth.
Met. 152, 301- 304 (2005).
69. M. Ono, H. Yamane, H. Fukagawa, S. Kera, D. Yoshimura, K.K. Okudaira, E. Morikawa, K.
Seki, N. Ueno, UPS Study of VUV-photodegradation of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Ultrathin Film by using Synchrotron Radiation, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B,
236, 377-382 (2005).
70. K.K. Okudaira, T. Watanabe, S. Kera, E. Kobayashi, K. Mase, N. Ueno, Site-specific ion
desorption of fluorinated phthalocyanine studied with electron-ion coincidence spectroscopy, J.
Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 144-147, 461-464 (2005).
71. H. Fukagawa, H. Yamane, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, UPS fine structures of highest
occupied band in vanadyl-phthalocyanine ultrathin film, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat.
Phenom., 144-147, 475-478 (2005).
72. S. Kera, H. Yamane, H. Honda, H. Fukagawa, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Photoelectron finestructures of uppermost valence band for well-characterized ClAl-phthalocyanine ultrathin film:
UPS and MAES study, Surf. Sci. 566-568, 571-578 (2004).
73. S. Kera, Y. Yabuuchi, H. Yamane, H. Setoyama, K.K. Okudaira, A. Kahn, N. Ueno, Impact of
an interface dipole layer on molecular level alignment at an organic-conductor interface studied
by UPS, Phys. Rev.B, 70, 085304-6 (2004).
74. H. Yamane, H. Honda, H. Fukagawa, M. Ohyama, Y. Hinuma, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, N.
Ueno, HOMO-band fine structure of OTi- and Pb-phthalocyanine ultrathin films: Effects of theelectric dipole layer, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 137-140, 223-227 (2004).
75. K.K. Okudaira, H. Setoyama, H. Yagi, K. Mase, S. Kera, A. Kahn, N. Ueno, Study of excitedstates of fluorinated copper phthalocyanine by inner shell excitation, J. Electron Spectrosc.
Relat. Phenom., 137-140, 137-140 (2004).
76. M. Onoue, M. Shionoiri, J. Miyauchi, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada, N. Ueno, PEEM andSEM studies of In/PTCDA/MoS2 system: An evidence of anisotropic surface diffusion of In
atoms, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 137-140, 131-135 (2004).
77. M. Onoue, J. Miyauchi, M. Shionoiri, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada, N. Ueno Evidence ofanisotropic diffusion of Indium atoms on a surface of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxilic
dianhydride/MoS2 system observed by photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM), Jpn. J.
Appl. Phys., 42, L1475-1468 (2003).

78. H. Yamane, S. Kera, D. Yoshimura, K.K. Okudaira, K. Seki, N. Ueno, Intermolecularenergy-band dispersion in PTCDA multilayers, Phys. Rev. B 68, 033102-4 (2003).
79. M. Onoue, T. Ibe, J. Miyauchi, M. Shionoiri, A. Abdureym S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada,
N. Ueno, Growth of CuPc thin films on structured SiO2/Si(100) studied by MEEM and PEEM,
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42, 3588-3591 (2003).
80. H. Setoyama, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, M. Hara, Y. Harada, N. Ueno, Outermost surface
reactions of molecular thin films induced by metastable-stom impacts, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42,597-601(2003).
81. H. Setoyama, S. Kera, T. Murase, M. Imamura, K. Mase, K. K. Okudaira, M. Hara, N. Ueno,
Partial ion yield and NEXAFS of 2-(perfluorooctyl)ethanethiol self-assembled monolayer:
Comparison with PTFE results, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 199, 275-279(2003).
82. T. Nakamura, K. Iwasawa, S. Kera, Y. Azuma, K.K. Okudaira, N. Ueno, Low-energy molecular
exciton in indium/perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride system observed by electronicenergy loss spectroscopy, Appl. Surf. Sci., 212-213, 515-519 (2003).
83. H. Yamane, H. Setoyama, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno, Low Energy ElectronTransmission Study of Indium/(perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride)System, Jpn. J.
Appl. Phys. 41, 6591-6594 (2002).
84. S. Kera, H. Yamane, I. Sakuragi, K. K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno, Very narrow photoemission
bandwidth of the highest occupied state in a copper-phthalocyanine monolayer,, Chem. Phys.
Lett., 364, 93-98 (2002).
85. H. Yamane, K. Ito, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno, Low-energy electron transmission
through organic monolayers: An estimation of the effective monolayer potential by an excess
electron interference, J. Appl. Phys. 41, 6591-6594 (2002).
86. S. Kera, H. Setoyama, M. Onoue, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada, and N. Ueno, Origin of theindium-[perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxilic dianhydride] interface states studied by outermost
surface spectroscopy using metastable atoms, Phy. Rev. B 63, 115204-8 (2001).
Selected for Virt. J. Nano. Sci. & Tech., 3(11) 2001
87. H. Yasufuku, T. Ibe, M. Okumura, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada, and N. Ueno, Diffusionof chloroaluminum phthalocyanine on MoS2 surface detested by photoemission electron
microscopy and metastable electron emission microscopy, J. Appl. Phys. 90, 213-216 (2001).
88. H. Yamane, H. Setoyama, S. Kera, K. K. Okudaira, and N. Ueno , Low-energy electrontransmission experiments on graphite, Phys. Rev. B 64, 113407-4 (2001).
89. K.K. Okudaira, S. Kera, H. Setoyama, E. Morikawa, and N. Ueno, Electronic structure andmolecular orientation at thin film surfaces of pendant-group polymers studied by outermost
surface spectroscopy using metastable atoms, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 121,
225-232 (2001).
90. H. Yasufuku, M. Okumura, S. Kera, K.K. Okudaira, Y. Harada, and N. Ueno, PEEM and
MEEM of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine ultrathin film on MoS2, J. Electron Spectrosc.
Relat. Phenom., 114-116, 1025-1030 (2001).

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