We report scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements of the threshold energy for injecting electrons or holes into thin, conjugated polymer films deposited on Au(111) substrates. Combining these results with optical absorption measurements, we estimate an exciton binding energy of Eb0ex0ex=0ex0ex0.36±0.10eV for poly[(2-methoxy-5-dodecyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene-co-1,4-phenylenevinylene] and Eb0ex0ex=0ex0ex0.30±0.10eV for poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene). In addition, we determine the alignment of the electronic levels of the polymers relative to the substrate.
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Alvarado et al. (1998) studied this question.