Molecules Coining Patterns into a Metal: The Hard Core of Soft
Matter
Gregor Witte
Katrin Hänel
Carsten Busse
Alexander Birkner
Christof Wöll
10.1021/cm071054b.s001
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Molecules_Coining_Patterns_into_a_Metal_The_Hard_Core_of_Soft_Matter/2989939
Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we demonstrate that deposition of a monolayer of perylene
(C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>12</sub>), 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.
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surface restructuring
C 20H
pattern
mechanism
nanostripe
adsorption energy
molecule
Molecules Coining Patterns
copper lattice
carbon frame
STM
deposition
formation
registry
nonreactive hydrocarbons
substrate
Soft MatterUsing scanning tunneling microscopy
monolayer
data
perylene
Hard Core
Cu