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To improve organic electronic devices, the principles underlying organic-film/metal-electrode interfaces must be understood. A comprehensive study of the organic electron acceptor TCNQ on a copper surface reveals a structural rearrangement of both the organic molecule and the metal surface atoms after charge transfer across the interface.

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Figure 1: Organic/metal interfaces.

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  1. Clara Santato is in the Département de Génie Physique, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2500, Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada clara.santato@polymtl.ca,

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  2. Federico Rosei is at the Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec J3X 1S2, Canada. rosei@emt.inrs.ca,

    Federico Rosei

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Santato, C., Rosei, F. Seeing both sides. Nature Chem 2, 344–345 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.636

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