Adsorption and self-assembled structures of sexithiophene on the Si(111)-√(3)×√(3)-Ag surface
- Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027 (Japan)
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 (Japan)
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8552 (Japan)
The adsorption and self-assembled structures of α-sexithiophene (α-6T) have been investigated on a Si(111)-Ag surface using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction, and density functional theory calculations. The adsorbed α-6T molecules are arranged into unidirectional molecular rows with a side-by-side orientation. The molecular rows reveal three kinds of appearances in the filled-state STM images, which reflect the distinct adsorption sites. From tunneling spectroscopy, we find that the filled-state STM images of α-6T should be influenced by the surface states of Si(111)-Ag. At one monolayer coverage, sequentially ordering of the triple molecular rows results in the close-packed arrangement of the α-6T overlayer.
- OSTI ID:
- 22415877
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 142, Issue 20; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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