Structural and electronic properties of hexa-adamantyl-hexa-phenylbenzene molecules studied by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy
Structural and electronic properties of hexa-adamantyl-hexa-phenylbenzene molecules studied by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy
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10.1016/j.susc.2011.11.004
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发表时间:
2012-02-01
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1.9
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Coudret, Christophe
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作者:
Coratger, Roland;Calmettes, Bastien;Coudret, Christophe
The electronic and structural properties of large molecules composed of a central hexa-phenylbenzene core surrounded by six adamantyl groups (Ad(6)HPB) adsorbed on Ag(111) have been investigated using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), adsorption and image calculations. On large 20 domains, the molecular organization displays two lattices. In one of them, molecules are slightly nested as a result of their relative flexibility during packing. These compounds also exhibit contrast variations in terms of used bias voltage in the self-assembled domains as well as in single molecule observations. This is attributed to the peculiar electronic properties of Ad(6)HPB and to the role of peripheral groups. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.