Two-photon photoemission of ultrathin film PTCDA morphologies on Ag(111)

Morphology- and layer-dependent electronic structure and dynamics at the PTCDA/Ag(111) interface have been studied with angle-resolved two-photon photoemission. In Stranski-Krastanov growth modes, the exposed wetting layer inhibited the evolution of the vacuum level and valence band to bulk values. For layer-by-layer growth, we observed the transition of electron structure from monolayer to bulk values within eight monolayers. Effective masses and lifetimes of the conduction band and the n = 1 image potential state were measured to be larger for disordered layers. The effective mass was interpreted in the context of charge mobility measurements.