Molecules coining patterns into a metal: The hard core of soft matter

Witte G, Hänel K, Busse C, Birkner A, Wöll C

Research article (journal)

Abstract

Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we demonstrate that deposition of a monolayer of perylene (C-20H12), a planar aromatic molecule, on a Cu(110) substrate leads to the formation of a periodic pattern of nanostripes. High-resolution STM data indicate that the driving force for this unexpected surface restructuring caused by such nonreactive hydrocarbons is a lock-in mechanism due to a close registry of the molecular carbon frame with respect to the underlying copper lattice which leads to an enhanced adsorption energy. © 2007 American Chemical Society.

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Release year: 2007
Language in which the publication is written: English
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