%0 Journal Article
%A Witte, Gregor
%A Hänel, Katrin
%A Busse, Carsten
%A Birkner, Alexander
%A Wöll, Christof
%D 2007
%T Molecules Coining Patterns into a Metal: The Hard Core of Soft
Matter
%U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Molecules_Coining_Patterns_into_a_Metal_The_Hard_Core_of_Soft_Matter/2989939
%R 10.1021/cm071054b.s001
%2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4690675
%K surface restructuring
%K C 20H
%K pattern
%K mechanism
%K nanostripe
%K adsorption energy
%K molecule
%K Molecules Coining Patterns
%K copper lattice
%K carbon frame
%K STM
%K deposition
%K formation
%K registry
%K nonreactive hydrocarbons
%K substrate
%K Soft MatterUsing scanning tunneling microscopy
%K monolayer
%K data
%K perylene
%K Hard Core
%K Cu
%X Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we demonstrate that deposition of a monolayer of perylene
(C20H12), 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.
%I ACS Publications