%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