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McDowell BW, Taber BN, Mills JM, Gervasi CF, Honda M, Nazin GV. Modulation of Carbon Nanotube Electronic Structure by Grain Boundary Defects in RbI on Au(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:439-446. [PMID: 38189654 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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The electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are known to be highly sensitive to environmental effects. Here, we use scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to investigate the electronic properties of SWCNTs deposited on RbI monolayer films grown on Au(111). We find that grain boundary defects in RbI monolayers cause the appearance of spatially confined localized states in the SWCNTs. Our density functional theory calculations show that grain boundary defects in RbI/Au(111) produce a stabilizing electrostatic potential caused by reduced coordination of iodine atoms at the RbI grain boundary. The presented results may offer insights into the performance of devices involving transport through SWCNTs subjected to external electrostatic disorder.
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- Benjamin W McDowell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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Grewal A, Leon CC, Kuhnke K, Kern K, Gunnarsson O. Character of Electronic States in the Transport Gap of Molecules on Surfaces. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37387521 PMCID: PMC10373518 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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We report on scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) topographs of individual metal phthalocyanines (MPc) on a thin salt (NaCl) film adsorbed on a gold substrate, at tunneling energies within the molecule's electronic transport gap. Theoretical models of increasing complexity are discussed. The calculations for MPcs adsorbed on a thin NaCl layer on Au(111) demonstrate that the STM pattern rotates with the molecule's orientations─in excellent agreement with the experimental data. Thus, even the STM topography obtained for energies in the transport gap represent the structure of a one atom thick molecule. It is shown that the electronic states inside the transport gap can be rather accurately approximated by linear combinations of bound molecular orbitals (MOs). The gap states include not only the frontier orbitals but also surprisingly large contributions from energetically much lower MOs. These results will be essential for understanding processes, such as exciton creation, which can be induced by electrons tunneling through the transport gap of a molecule.
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- Abhishek Grewal
- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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McDowell BW, Mills JM, Honda M, Nazin GV. Structural Bistability in RbI Monolayers on Ag(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3023-3030. [PMID: 36947872 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Alkali halides are well-known for their tendency to form rock-salt-like crystal structures. Here we present a scanning tunneling microscopy study of a previously unreported alternative structure of one such alkali halide, RbI. When deposited on Ag(111) at a low submonolayer surface coverage, RbI forms islands with hexagonally coordinated atomic structures, in contrast to the expected rock-salt structures typically observed for such alkali halide films on metal surfaces. At a near-monolayer RbI surface coverage, we observe the coexistence of the hexagonally coordinated phase and a square-coordinated rock-salt-like RbI phase that is analogous to that observed for other alkali halides. Our density functional theory calculations for this system highlight the role of RbI-Ag interfacial charge transfer in defining the RbI structure and the impact of local atomic coordination on the RbI-Ag charge-transfer interaction.
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- Benjamin W McDowell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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Tan X, Pan J, Wu Y, Xu P, Sun L, Hu K, Qiu X, Li M, Liu M, Ma D, Qiu X. Formation of Unconventional Stoichiometric Na-Cl Magic-Number Nanoclusters and 2D Assembly on Ir(111). SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101252. [PMID: 35084118 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Sodium chlorides in non-1:1 stoichiometry are counterintuitive but recently their existence has been found under the high pressure condition or in the confined space between graphene sheets. Here the direct observation of the formation of Na3 Cl nanoclusters, a stable magic-number structure, is reported on an Ir(111) surface using scanning tunneling microscopy and noncontact atomic force microscopy. The stability of Na3 Cl nanoclusters in the free and adsorbed state is corroborated by density functional theory calculations. It is also found that a density of nanoclusters together with Cl adatoms may further aggregate and self-assemble into a Na3 Cl4 monolayer, forming a novel metastable phase of NaCl(111) with a honeycomb lattice. Further calculations suggest that charge transfer between the polar nanoclusters and the metal substrate stabilizes NaCl of non-1:1 stoichiometry. The work exhibits the possibility of exploring unconventional ionic crystals on the surface with atomically precise control of structure and composition.
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- Xin Tan
- Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Quertite K, Enriquez H, Trcera N, Bendounan A, Mayne AJ, Dujardin G, El Kenz A, Benyoussef A, Dappe YJ, Kara A, Oughaddou H. Electron beam analysis induces Cl vacancy defects in a NaCl thin film. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 33:095706. [PMID: 34814126 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac3c79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This work reports on the electron-induced modification of NaCl thin film grown on Ag(110). We show using low energy electron diffraction that electron beam bombardment leads to desorption and formation of Cl vacancy defects on NaCl surface. The topographic structure of these defects is studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) showing the Cl defects as depressions on the NaCl surface. Most of the observed defects are mono-atomic vacancies and are located on flat NaCl terraces. Auger electron spectroscopy confirms the effect of electron exposure on NaCl thin films showing Cl atoms desorption from the surface. Using density functional theory taken into account the van der Waals dispersion interactions, we confirm the observed experimental STM measurements with STM simulation. Furthermore, comparing the adsorption of defect free NaCl and defective NaCl monolayer on Ag(110) surfaces, we found an increase of the adhesion energy and the charge transfer between the NaCl film and the substrate due to the Cl vacancy. In details, the adhesion energy increases between the NaCl film and the metallic Ag substrate from 30.4 meV Å-2for the NaCl film without Cl vacancy and from 39.5 meV Å-2for NaCl film with a single Cl vacancy. The charge transfer from the NaCl film to the Ag substrate is enhanced when the vacancy is created, from 0.63e-to 1.25e-.
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- Khalid Quertite
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Bât. 520, F-91405 Orsay, France
- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, B.P. 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
- LaMCScI, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Bât. 520, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, B.P. 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, B.P. 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Bât. 520, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Bât. 520, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- LaMCScI, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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- LaMCScI, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, 10100, Rabat, Morocco
- Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology, Rabat, Morocco
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, SPEC, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States of America
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Bât. 520, F-91405 Orsay, France
- Département de Physique, CY, Cergy Paris Université, F-95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France
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Tikhomirova KA, Tantardini C, Sukhanova EV, Popov ZI, Evlashin SA, Tarkhov MA, Zhdanov VL, Dudin AA, Oganov AR, Kvashnin DG, Kvashnin AG. Exotic Two-Dimensional Structure: The First Case of Hexagonal NaCl. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:3821-3827. [PMID: 32330050 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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NaCl is one of the simplest compounds and was thought to be well-understood, and yet, unexpected complexities related to it were uncovered at high pressure and in low-dimensional states. Here, exotic hexagonal NaCl thin films on the (110) diamond surface were crystallized in the experiment following a theoretical prediction based on ab initio evolutionary algorithm USPEX. State-of-the-art calculations and experiments showed the existence of a hexagonal NaCl thin film, which is due to the strong chemical interaction of the NaCl film with the diamond substrate.
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- Kseniya A Tikhomirova
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, bld. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, bld. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, 4 Kosigina Street, Moscow 119334, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Pereulok, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, 4 Kosigina Street, Moscow 119334, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, bld. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Institute of Nanotechnologies of Microelectronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Nanotechnologies of Microelectronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 A Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, bld. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Pereulok, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
- International Center for Materials Discovery, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, 4 Kosigina Street, Moscow 119334, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Pereulok, Dolgoprudny 141700, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, bld. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russia
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Kvashnin AG, Kvashnin DG, Oganov AR. Novel Unexpected Reconstructions of (100) and (111) Surfaces of NaCl: Theoretical Prediction. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14267. [PMID: 31582761 PMCID: PMC6776646 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50548-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have predicted stable reconstructions of the (100) and (111) surfaces of NaCl using the global optimization algorithm USPEX. Several new reconstructions, together with the previously reported ones, are found. For the cleaved bare (100) surface, pure Na and pure Cl are the only stable surface phases. Our study of the (111) surface shows that a newly predicted Na3Cl-(1 × 1) reconstruction is thermodynamically stable in a wide range of chlorine chemical potentials. It has a sawtooth-like profile where each facet reproduces the (100) surface of rock-salt NaCl, hinting on the preferred growth of the (100) surface. We used Bader charge analysis to explain the preferable formation of this sawtooth-like Na3Cl-(1 × 1) reconstruction of the (111) surface of NaCl. We find that at a very high chemical potential of Na, the polar (and normally absent) (111) surface becomes part of the equilibrium crystal morphology. At both very high and very low chemical potentials of Cl, we predict a large decrease of surface energy and fracture toughness (the Rehbinder effect).
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- Alexander G Kvashnin
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, 3 Nobel Street, Moscow, 121205, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Pereulok, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, 4 Kosigina Street, Moscow, 119334, Russia. .,National University of Science and Technology MISIS, 4 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119049, Russia.
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, 3 Nobel Street, Moscow, 121205, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutsky Pereulok, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia.,International Center for Materials Discovery, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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Peyrot D, Silly F. Enhancing intramolecular features and identifying defects in organic and hybrid nanoarchitectures on a metal surface at room temperature using a NaCl-functionalized scanning tunneling microscopy tip. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra11220c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Scanning tunneling microscopy using an NaCl-functionalised tip is a powerful method to assess the morphology of two-dimensional nanoarchitectures and their local variations of electronic properties.
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Hieulle J, Peyrot D, Jiang Z, Silly F. Engineering two-dimensional hybrid NaCl–organic coordinated nanoarchitectures on metal surfaces. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:13162-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01892g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We selectively engineer three two-dimensional self-assembled hybrid PTCDI–NaCl nanoarchitectures,i.e.a flower-structure, a mesh-structure and a chain-structure on Au(111).
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Worbes L, Hellmann D, Kittel A. Enhanced near-field heat flow of a monolayer dielectric island. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:134302. [PMID: 23581325 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.134302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have investigated the influence of thin films of a dielectric material on the near-field mediated heat transfer at the fundamental limit of single monolayer islands on a metallic substrate. We present spatially resolved measurements by near-field scanning thermal microscopy showing a distinct enhancement in heat transfer above NaCl islands compared to the bare Au(111) film. Experiments at this subnanometer scale call for a microscopic theory beyond the macroscopic fluctuational electrodynamics used to describe near-field heat transfer today. The method facilitates the possibility of developing designs of nanostructured surfaces with respect to specific requirements in heat transfer down to a single atomic layer.
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- Ludwig Worbes
- Institut für Physik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Sun X, Jonkman HT, Silly F. Tailoring two-dimensional PTCDA-melamine self-assembled architectures at room temperature by tuning molecular ratio. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 21:165602. [PMID: 20348601 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/16/165602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Engineering and tuning multi-component supramolecular self-assemblies on surfaces is one of the challenges of nanotechnology. We use scanning tunneling microscopy to investigate the influence of molecular ratio on the self-assembly of PTCDA-melamine structures on Au(111)-(22 x complex square root of 3). Our observations reveal that three different chiral supramolecular networks having a PTCDA:melamine ratio of 3:2, 1:2, 1:4 can be selectively created by tuning the ratio of molecules deposited on the surface. The 1:2 ratio network having melamine in excess has been observed previously but the 1:4 network has not yet been reported. In comparison, the multi-component 3:2 network having PTCDA in excess is a completely new structure.
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- Xiaonan Sun
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Bombis C, Ample F, Lafferentz L, Yu H, Hecht S, Joachim C, Grill L. Single Molecular Wires Connecting Metallic and Insulating Surface Areas. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:9966-70. [PMID: 19950152 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Christian Bombis
- Experimental Physics Department, Freie Universität Berlin and Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Silly F. A robust method for processing scanning probe microscopy images and determining nanoobject position and dimensions. J Microsc 2009; 236:211-8. [PMID: 19941561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- F Silly
- CEA-Saclay, IRAMIS/SPCSI, LRC Nanostructures et Semi-Conducteurs Organiques (CNRS-CEA-UPMC), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Bombis C, Ample F, Lafferentz L, Yu H, Hecht S, Joachim C, Grill L. Einzelne molekulare Drähte verbinden metallische und isolierende Oberflächenbereiche. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200904645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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