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The initial growth of 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA) was analysed. Ultrathin films with coverages of up to two layers were prepared on a (111) orientated copper single crystal by means of vapour deposition in an ultrahigh-vacuum chamber. The films were characterized in situ by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). Within the first layer, two different structures were found. Both exhibit a herringbone-like arrangement of the molecules, which is also found in the (102) plane of the α and β bulk phases. The twodimensional unit cell is given by two molecules which are rotated by about 90 • . As an effect of the interaction with the substrate, a voltage-dependent moiré pattern was observed for one of these phases. For the second layer, a herringbone phase was found that is denser than the phases of the first layer but less dense than the bulk phases.

We present an enhanced method to form stable dispersions of medium-sized silicon nanoparticles for solar cell applications by thermally induced grafting of acrylic acid to the nanoparticle surface. In order to confirm their covalent attachment on the silicon nanoparticles and to assess the quality of the functionalization, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier spectroscopy measurements were carried out. The stability of the dispersion was elucidated by dynamic light scattering and Zeta-potential measurements, showing no sign of degradation for months.

The organic molecule 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) was studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) on thin insulating NaCl films grown on a Cu(111) single crystal. The deposition of approximately two monolayers (ML) of sodium chloride onto a Cu(111) substrate at a sample temperature of about 350 K causes a rather rough growth of (100)-oriented NaCl islands up to a local height of 4 ML. For submonolayer coverages (0.1 and 0.4 ML) of PTCDA on a Cu(111) surface partly covered with NaCl, two different rod structures of PTCDA were found on the copper surface, which are in contrast to previously published data for PTCDA on Cu(111) showing a herringbone-like arrangement. These findings can be explained by the formation of a Na(x)-PTCDA complex. On NaCl covered areas, single PTCDA molecules adsorb at vacancies of [010] and [001] oriented steps of the NaCl(100) islands. In this case, the electrostatic forces between the polar step edges and the PTCDA molecules are dominant. The terraces of the alkali halide surface are free of PTCDA molecules.