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Kawano SI, Nakaya M, Saitow M, Ishiguro A, Yanai T, Onoe J, Tanaka K. Thermally Stable Array of Discrete C 60s on a Two-Dimensional Crystalline Adlayer of Macrocycles both in Vacuo and under Ambient Pressure. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:6749-6758. [PMID: 35315659 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A periodic monolayer array of discrete C60s was generated on an atomically flat Au(111) surface with the aid of a template adlayer. The template was a two-dimensional (2D) array of molecular pits prepared on an Au(111) surface through 2D crystallization of shape-persistent macrocycles composed of four carbazole and four salphens/Ni-salphens with a 1 nm hollow. Scanning tunneling microscopy imaging under ultra-high vacuum revealed that the square-shaped macrocycles, with 1.5 nm sides, were arranged with a periodic spacing of approximately 4.0 nm on the Au(111) surface, where the orientation and periodicity of the macrocycles were dependent on their chemical structures. After sublimation of C60s onto the adlayer, a single C60 molecule was entrapped in each pit, and an ordered molecular array of C60s was attained with a pattern similar to that of the macrocycles. The periodic pattern of C60s on the surface was thermally stable up to approximately 200 °C, even under ambient pressure. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy suggested the existence of an electronic interaction between the C60s and the Au(111) surface that was influenced by the macrocycle template on the surface.
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- Shin-Ichiro Kawano
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Janke W, Speck T. Multiscale modeling of structure formation of C 60 on insulating CaF 2 substrates. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:234701. [PMID: 34241269 DOI: 10.1063/5.0051188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Morphologies of adsorbed molecular films are of interest in a wide range of applications. To study the epitaxial growth of these systems in computer simulations requires access to long time and length scales, and one typically resorts to kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. However, KMC simulations require as input transition rates and their dependence on external parameters (such as temperature). Experimental data allow only limited and indirect access to these rates, and models are often oversimplified. Here, we follow a bottom-up approach and aim at systematically constructing all relevant rates for an example system that has shown interesting properties in experiments, buckminsterfullerene on a calcium fluoride substrate. We develop classical force fields (both atomistic and coarse-grained) and perform molecular dynamics simulations of the elementary transitions in order to derive explicit expressions for the transition rates with a minimal number of free parameters.
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- William Janke
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Shao Y, Pang R, Pan H, Shi X. Fullerene/layered antiferromagnetic reconstructed spinterface: Subsurface layer dominates molecular orbitals' spin-split and large induced magnetic moment. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:114704. [PMID: 29566528 DOI: 10.1063/1.5012926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The interfaces between organic molecules and magnetic metals have gained increasing interest for both fundamental reasons and applications. Among them, the C60/layered antiferromagnetic (AFM) interfaces have been studied only for C60 bonded to the outermost ferromagnetic layer [S. L. Kawahara et al., Nano Lett. 12, 4558 (2012) and D. Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 93, 085425 (2016)]. Here, via density functional theory calculations combined with evidence from the literature, we demonstrate that C60 adsorption can reconstruct the layered-AFM Cr(001) surface at elevated annealing temperatures so that C60 bonds to both the outermost and the subsurface Cr layers in opposite spin directions. Surface reconstruction drastically changes the adsorbed molecule spintronic properties: (1) the spin-split p-d hybridization involves multi-orbitals of C60 and top two layers of Cr with opposite spin-polarization, (2) the subsurface Cr atom dominates the C60 electronic properties, and (3) the reconstruction induces a large magnetic moment of 0.58 μB in C60 as a synergistic effect of the top two Cr layers. The induced magnetic moment in C60 can be explained by the magnetic direct-exchange mechanism, which can be generalized to other C60/magnetic metal systems. Understanding these complex hybridization behaviors is a crucial step for molecular spintronic applications.
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- Yangfan Shao
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- International Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials of Henan and School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Chutora T, Redondo J, de la Torre B, Švec M, Jelínek P, Vázquez H. Stable Au-C bonds to the substrate for fullerene-based nanostructures. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 8:1073-1079. [PMID: 28685108 PMCID: PMC5480335 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.8.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report on the formation of fullerene-derived nanostructures on Au(111) at room temperature and under UHV conditions. After low-energy ion sputtering of fullerene films deposited on Au(111), bright spots appear at the herringbone corner sites when measured using a scanning tunneling microscope. These features are stable at room temperature against diffusion on the surface. We carry out DFT calculations of fullerene molecules having one missing carbon atom to simulate the vacancies in the molecules resulting from the sputtering process. These modified fullerenes have an adsorption energy on the Au(111) surface that is 1.6 eV higher than that of C60 molecules. This increased binding energy arises from the saturation by the Au surface of the bonds around the molecular vacancy defect. We therefore interpret the observed features as adsorbed fullerene-derived molecules with C vacancies. This provides a pathway for the formation of fullerene-based nanostructures on Au at room temperature.
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- Taras Chutora
- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
- Palacký University, RCPTM, Joint Laboratory of Optics, 17. listopadu 12, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Cukrovarnicka 10, Prague, Czech Republic
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Fournée V, Gaudry É, Ledieu J, de Weerd MC, Diehl RD. Quasi-ordered C60 molecular films grown on the pseudo-ten-fold (1 0 0) surface of the Al13Co4 quasicrystalline approximant. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:355001. [PMID: 27365317 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/35/355001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The growth of C60 films on the pseudo-ten-fold (1 0 0) surface of the orthorhombic Al13Co4 quasicrystalline approximant was studied experimentally by scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy electron diffraction and photoemission spectroscopy. The (1 0 0) surface terminates at bulk-planes presenting local atomic configurations with five-fold symmetry-similar to quasicrystalline surfaces. While the films deposited at room temperature were found disordered, high-temperature growth (up to 693 K) led to quasi-ordered molecular films templated on the substrate rectangular unit mesh. The most probable adsorption sites and geometries were investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. A large range of adsorption energies was determined, influenced by both symmetry and size matching at the molecule-substrate interface. The quasi-ordered structure of the film can be explained by C60 adsorption at the strongest adsorption sites which are too far apart compared to the distance minimizing the intermolecular interactions, resulting in some disorder in the film structure at a local scale. Valence band photoemission indicates a broadening of the molecular orbitals resulting from hybridization between the substrate and overlayer electronic states. Dosing the film at temperature above 693 K led to molecular damage and formation of carbide thin films possessing no azimuthal order with respect to the substrate.
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- V Fournée
- Institut Jean Lamour (UMR7198 CNRS-Nancy-Université de Lorraine), Parc de Saurupt, 54011 Nancy Cedex, France
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Balch AL, Winkler K. Two-Component Polymeric Materials of Fullerenes and the Transition Metal Complexes: A Bridge between Metal–Organic Frameworks and Conducting Polymers. Chem Rev 2016; 116:3812-82. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Alan L. Balch
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
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Nirmalraj PN, Thompson D, Riel HE. Capturing the embryonic stages of self-assembly - design rules for molecular computation. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10116. [PMID: 25960364 PMCID: PMC4650799 DOI: 10.1038/srep10116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The drive towards organic computing is gaining momentum. Interestingly, the building blocks for such architectures is based on molecular ensembles extending from nucleic acids to synthetic molecules. Advancement in this direction requires devising precise nanoscopic experiments and model calculations to decipher the mechanisms governing the integration of a large number of molecules over time at room-temperature. Here, we report on ultrahigh-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopic measurements to register the motion of molecules in the absence of external stimulus in liquid medium. We observe the collective behavior of individual molecules within a swarm which constantly iterate their position to attain an energetically favourable site. Our approach provides a consistent pathway to register molecular self-assembly in sequential steps from visualising thermodynamically driven repair of defects up until the formation of a stable two-dimensional configuration. These elemental findings on molecular surface dynamics, self-repair and intermolecular kinetic pathways rationalised by atom-scale simulations can be explored for developing new models in algorithmic self-assembly to realisation of evolvable hardware.
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- Materials and Surface Science Institute and Department of Physics and Energy, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- IBM Research–Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH- 8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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McFarland FM, Brickson B, Guo S. Layered Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanowhiskers Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/ma502411n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Frederick M. McFarland
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States
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Wieland MB, Perdigão LMA, Kondratuk DV, O’Shea JN, Anderson HL, Beton PH. Height dependent molecular trapping in stacked cyclic porphyrin nanorings. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:7332-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc02629b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stacked cyclic porphyrin nanorings function as traps for fullerene molecules dependent on stack height and diameter of the nanoring.
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- Maria B. Wieland
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oxford
- Chemistry Research Laboratory
- Oxford, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oxford
- Chemistry Research Laboratory
- Oxford, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham, UK
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Nirmalraj PN, Schmid H, Gotsmann B, Riel H. Nanoscale origin of defects at metal/molecule engineered interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:1340-1345. [PMID: 23339343 DOI: 10.1021/la3046109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The control and repair of defects at metal/molecule interfaces is central to the realization of molecular electronic circuits with reproducible performance. The fundamental mechanism governing defect (pore) evolution on mica-supported metal surfaces, its propagation in self-assembled molecular layers, and its implications for molecular junction devices are discussed. Pore eradication by replacing mica with halide platforms coupled with elevated substrate temperature during metal deposition yields exceptionally ultraflat metal landscapes. In situ scanning tunneling microscopy further substantiates molecular locking at defect sites and upon defect healing; the emergence of a closely packed 2-D molecular architecture is demonstrated with nanometer-scale spatial resolution in liquids.
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- Peter N Nirmalraj
- IBM Research-Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
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Tang L, Xie Y, Guo Q. Probing the buried C60/Au(111) interface with atoms. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:214706. [PMID: 22697565 DOI: 10.1063/1.4726456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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To characterize the C(60)/Au(111) interface, we send Au atoms "diving" through the C(60) layer and observe their behavior at the interface. Our observations show that the interfacial diffusion of gold atoms and the nucleation of small Au islands at the interface are strongly dependent on the local C(60)-Au(111) bonding which varies from one domain to another. The contrast-disordered domain consisting of a large fraction of molecules bonded to Au vacancies has a special structure at the interface allowing Au atoms to be inserted beneath the bright-looking molecules while the dim molecules present a much stronger resistance to the diffusing Au atoms. This leads to the formation of isolated Au islands with discrete sizes, with the smallest island just about 1 nm across.
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- Lin Tang
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Nakayama M, Kautz NA, Wang T, Sibener SJ. Formation of rectangular packing and one-dimensional lines of C60 on 11-phenoxyundecanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111). LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4694-4701. [PMID: 22385008 DOI: 10.1021/la204986n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The behavior of C(60) molecules deposited onto 11-phenoxyundecanethiol (phenoxy) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) is studied using ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (UHV-STM) and spectroscopy. We observe that after thermally annealing between 350 and 400 K in vacuum a combination of hexagonally close-packed islands, rectangularly packed islands, and isolated single lines of C(60) is observed when the C(60) is initially deposited on an unannealed phenoxy SAM. However, only rectangularly packed islands are found when they are deposited on a preannealed phenoxy SAM. We determine the rectangular packing to have a (2√3 × 4) rectangular unit cell with respect to the underlying Au(111) substrate. This type of C(60) structure has not been observed previously for multicomponent self-assemblies on a surface. We discuss the possible causes for the formation of this structure as well as the differences between starting on an unannealed SAM and an annealed one. This study demonstrates the capability of functionalized alkanethiol SAMs to control the growth and structure of C(60) islands during annealing depending on the structural changes of the SAM itself; by preannealing the SAM, the motion of the C(60) can be confined and unique structures resulting from interactions between the SAM molecules and C(60) can be produced.
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- Miki Nakayama
- The James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Tang L, Xie Y, Guo Q. Complex orientational ordering of C60 molecules on Au(111). J Chem Phys 2012; 135:114702. [PMID: 21950878 DOI: 10.1063/1.3639106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The orientation and adsorption site for C(60) molecules on Au(111) has been studied using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. A complex orientational ordering has been observed for molecules inside the "in-phase" (R0°) domain. A 7-molecule cluster consisting a central molecule sitting atop of a gold atom and 6 tilted surrounding molecules is identified as the structural motif. The 2√3 × 2√3-R30° phase consists of molecules bonding to a gold atomic vacancies with a preferred azimuthal orientation. The quasi-periodic R14° phase is composed of groups of similarly oriented molecules with the groups organized into a 4√3 × 4√3-R30° like super-lattice unit cell.
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- Lin Tang
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Xiao Y, Pan GB, Freyland W. Anion adsorption driving 2D crystallization of C60 at the ionic liquid [bmim][PF6]/Au(111) interface. Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang EY, Wang CR. Fullerene self-assembly and supramolecular nanostructures. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2007.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bubnis G, Cleary S, Mayne H. Self-assembly and structural behavior of a model rigid C60-terminated thiolate on Au(111). Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yang YC, Chen CY, Lee YL. Highly ordered C60 monolayer self-assembled by using an iodine template on an Au(111) surface in solution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:11611-11615. [PMID: 18767824 DOI: 10.1021/la801704n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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An iodine-modified Au(111) surface, (I/Au(111)), was used as a substrate to prepare a C 60 adlayer by self-organization in a benzene solution. A highly ordered C 60 adlayer was successfully prepared due to the moderate C 60-I/Au(111) interaction. Two lattice structures, (2 square root 3 x 2 square root 3) R30 degrees and p(2 x 2), were imaged for this C 60 adlayer. For the first structure, a featureless ball-like molecular shape was imaged, ascribed to the molecular rotation resulting from a symmetrical location between C 60 and iodine atoms. For the p(2 x 2) structure, the asymmetrical location of C 60 with respect to the iodine atoms freezes the C 60 molecules on the substrate, leading to a clear image of intramolecular structure. The intermediate iodine atoms in the C 60/I/Au(111) adlayer can be desorbed by electrochemically reduction without significantly affecting the ordering of the C 60 adlayer. However, the internal pattern of C 60 disappears in the absence of iodine.
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- Yaw-Chia Yang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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Schull G, Berndt R. Orientationally ordered (7x7) superstructure of C60 on AU(111). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:226105. [PMID: 18233303 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.226105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Long range orientational order within C60 monolayers on Au(111) is observed with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. A unit cell comprised of 49 molecules which adopt 11 different orientations is found. It can be divided in a faulted and an unfaulted half similar to the (7x7) reconstruction of Si(111). A model is proposed which shows how, through a Moiré-like effect, the substrate induces minute changes in the orientation of the C60 molecules. Intermolecular interactions are shown to play a major role in stabilizing the superlattice.
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- G Schull
- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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Kröger H, Reinke P, Büttner M, Oelhafen P. Gold cluster formation on a fullerene surface. J Chem Phys 2007; 123:114706. [PMID: 16392582 DOI: 10.1063/1.2018838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The growth of Au clusters on a fullerene thin film was investigated by in situ photoelectron spectroscopy in the ultraviolet (UPS) and x-ray (XPS) regime. Due to its highly corrugated surface fullerene films provide a wide range of bonding sites which could be exploited as molecular templates and serve to create a cluster superstructure. To gain insight into the fullerene-Au interaction two types of experiments were performed: (i) the deposition of Au on a fullerene surface, and (ii) the deposition of fullerenes on a Au surface. In both experiments an island growth mode is observed. The deposition of submonolayer amounts of C60 onto a gold film showed that the main interaction of the two species is due to chemisorption of the first C60 monolayer. In addition a constant band bending in the fullerene film is detected, but the UPS valence-band spectra show that there is no charge transfer from the Au to the C60 lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. In the reverse experiment, the cluster growth of Au on the corrugated C60 surface, the analysis of the Au core level does not reveal a specific bonding or nucleation site for Au atoms and clusters. This is in contrast to observations with Si clusters, which prefer to reside in the troughs between the fullerene molecules. The Au clusters grow continually from a size of about 55 atoms for the early stages of growth up to 150 atoms for the deposition of a nominal coverage of 1.5 nm. These data are derived from an analysis of the d-band splitting and the Au 4f core-level shift due to delayed photohole relaxation. The thermal stability of the Au-clusters-covered fullerene film was investigated by annealing in situ up to temperatures of 650 degrees C. For temperatures up to 450 degrees C a continuous growth of the clusters is detected, which is accompanied by a slight drop in Au concentration in the range of XPS for annealing temperatures higher than 350 degrees C. This may be due to a ripening of the clusters. The presence of Au apparently delays fullerene sublimation. The film shows a very good thermal stability and even after annealing at 650 degrees C there is still a fullerene film detectable in the photoelectron spectroscopy spectra.
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- H Kröger
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Germany.
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Su GJ, Gan LH, Yang ZY, Pan GB, Wan LJ, Wang CR. Dispersion of Metallofullerene Y@C82on Bare, C60-Modified, and Iodine-Modified Au(111) Surfaces Investigated with ECSTM. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:5559-62. [PMID: 16539497 DOI: 10.1021/jp054548+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) assembling behaviors of the endohedral metallofullerene Y@C(82) on bare, C(60)-modified, and iodine-modified Au(111) surfaces have been investigated in 0.1 M HClO(4) solution employing electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM). The results show that Y@C(82) molecules are mobile and aggregate to the terrace edges on bare and C(60)-modified Au(111) surfaces, but monodispersion of the Y@C(82) molecules is achieved on the iodine-modified Au(111) surface. The improvement of Y@C(82) dispersion on an iodine-modified gold surface is due to the strong Y@C(82)-substrate interactions. The modified-substrate method provides an effective strategy to disperse endohedral metallofullerenes.
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- Gui-Jin Su
- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Picraux LB, Zangmeister CD, Batteas JD. Preparation and structure of a low-density, flat-lying decanethiol monolayer from the densely packed, upright monolayer on gold. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:174-80. [PMID: 16378417 DOI: 10.1021/la052231v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This study investigates the formation of low-density, flat-lying decanethiol chemisorbed on Au prepared by heating the surface covered with a densely packed, upright monolayer to a surface temperature above that of the onset of desorption. We determined conditions for preparing the low-density phase by observing the evolution of the photoemission spectrum as a function of the surface temperature using polarized ultraviolet light and by utilizing scanning tunneling microscopy. The preparation conditions were similar for single- and polycrystalline gold surfaces. Once the low-density decanethiol phase was formed, reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy was employed to determine the orientation of the carbon chain backbone with respect to the Au surface. The nature of the valance electronic structure for flat-lying decanethiol is described.
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- Laura B Picraux
- Chemical Sciences and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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Shirai Y, Morin JF, Sasaki T, Guerrero JM, Tour JM. Recent progress on nanovehicles. Chem Soc Rev 2006; 35:1043-55. [PMID: 17057834 DOI: 10.1039/b514700j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanovehicles are a new class of molecular machines consisting of a molecular scale chassis, axles, and wheels, that can roll across solid surfaces with structurally defined directions making them of interest to synthetic chemists, surface scientists, chemical engineers, and the general car enthusiast. In this tutorial review, following a brief introduction to the development of nanomachines, our recent progress on the nanovehicle project is presented including the design, synthesis, and testing of a series of nanocars, nanotrucks, and motorized nanocars.
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- Yasuhiro Shirai
- Rice University, Department of Chemistry, and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, MS 222, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005, USA
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