Molecule design and surface functionalization study of metal-oxide semiconductors

Metal-oxide semiconductor materials have found application in numerous fields such as photo-electronics, catalysis, and sensing. The interfaces between semiconductor materials and bio-, organic molecules used to functionalize the semiconductor materials have attracted considerable attention. It is necessary to better understand and improve the surface chemistry of semiconductor materials in order to develop a new generation of functional devices with excellent performance. In the first project of this thesis, which is chapter B, we present an efficient functionalization and characterization method for MgxZn1-xO (4%<x