Probing organic nanostructures by photoelectron-emission microscopy

► High energy photons needed to excite photoelectrons from the organic nanostructures. ► Organo-metallic interface shows increased photoemission intensity. ► The photoemission strongly depends on the polarization of the incident light. ► Polarized light used with PEEM to probe the optical anisotropy of the organic layer. ► Thin films of alpha-sexithiophene exhibit properties of a dichroic filter.