Interface and surface properties of oxide–organic hybrid nanostructures: From charge transfer to degradation effects

Abstract This chapter introduces a set of experimental results presenting the different approaches applied to both interfacial and surficial properties: investigations of chosen materials from the group of metal oxides as inorganic materials and metal phthalocyanines as a representative of organic semiconductor material group. The description was mainly limited to the chemical, electronic, and structural properties as ones having the major impact on the behavior of materials in junction. Special emphasis was put on the electronic properties investigation, namely the charge transfer phenomena and dipole effect recognition at the interfaces. Presented studies were performed with a number of experimental methods; however, the main stress was put on the lab-based photoemission and microscopy techniques in order to present the methodology applicable in possibly wide group of laboratories.