StressedC60layers on Au(001)

Intramolecular structures ofC60molecules adsorbed on the Cu(111)-(1×1) surface

“…Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been successfully used to reveal the geometric and electronic structure of the fullerenes with molecular resolution. The nucleation and growth of C60 film and its structure on various substrates, such as Au(100) [5], (111) and (110) [6], Ag(lll) [7], highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (0001) [8], GaAs(llO) [9], and Si(l 11) [10], and (100) [11] have been major interests in STM studies. Investigations on other fullerene films, such as C70 [12], Cu [13], and SCC74/SC2C74 [14], and Sc 2 C 8 4 [15] on the Si(100)-(2x 1) surface have been reported using the FI-STM (field ion scanning tunneling microscope), elucidating the growth kinetics and geometric structures.…”

“…The C60 monolayer, once formed on the Cu(l 11) surface, is rather stable and remains as the (4x4) structure with up to 380 °C annealing. The height of the C60 monolayer film on the Cu surface ranged from 4.2 to 5.0 A, at the bias voltage of -3.0-3.0 V, and is smaller than the height of the second layer (8.2 A), reflecting the difference in the local density of states between the Cu surface and C60 molecules [5]. Figure 1 shows a STM image of C60 monolayer film formed after annealing at 290 °C, with the bias voltage of Vb =2.0 V (sample bias voltage with respect to its Fermi level).…”

Weakly bound and strainedC60monolayer on theSi(111)3Nakayama1, Onoe2, Takeuchi3 et al. 1999Phys. Rev. B491140View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…5 For example, highly strained C 60 film can be stabilized on Au͑001͒ due to a strong molecule-substrate interaction. 6 In the case of C 60 on GaAs͑110͒, commensurate C 60 monolayers are formed at room temperature ͑RT͒. 3 In the commensurate C 60 monolayer on GaAs͑110͒, C 60 molecules can adsorb at two different sites, 3 and this causes the rippling structure of the monolayer.…”

Strong Bonding of Single C60 Molecules to (1 × 2)-Pt(110): an STM/DFT Investigation

“…5,10 Frequently, the basic hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure of the fullerene overlayer can be distorted as a consequence of the complex interplay between horizontal intermolecular versus vertical overlayer-substrate interactions. 7,11,12 Substantial reconstructions of the substrate are frequently observed, whose driving force generally is the increase of fullerene-metal bonding through partial embedding of C 60 molecules in the surface atomic layers of the substrate. [13][14][15][16] Less attention has been devoted to the initial stages of growth of fullerene ad-islands on single-crystalline surfaces and in particular to the coordination of the just-landed, isolated monomer to the surface, with the works by Crommie et al dealing with the elucidation of the C 60 molecular orientation on Ag(100) held at 4 K being a notable exception.…”