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Title: Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of picene thin films formed on Ag(111)

Abstract

Using ultrahigh-vacuum low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy combined with first principles density functional theory calculations, we have investigated structural and electronic properties of pristine and potassium (K)-deposited picene thin films formed in situ on a Ag(111) substrate. At low coverages, the molecules are uniformly distributed with the long axis aligned along the [112{sup ¯}] direction of the substrate. At higher coverages, ordered structures composed of monolayer molecules are observed, one of which is a monolayer with tilted and flat-lying molecules resembling a (11{sup ¯}0) plane of the bulk crystalline picene. Between the molecules and the substrate, the van der Waals interaction is dominant with negligible hybridization between their electronic states; a conclusion that contrasts with the chemisorption exhibited by pentacene molecules on the same substrate. We also observed a monolayer picene thin film in which all molecules were standing to form an intermolecular π stacking. Two-dimensional delocalized electronic states are found on the K-deposited π stacking structure.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]; ; ; ;  [3];  [4];  [2];  [1]
  1. The Institute of Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)
  3. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan (China)
  4. Department of Physics and Earth Science Department, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22308411
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 141; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; CHEMISORPTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; DEPOSITS; INTERACTIONS; MOLECULES; PENTACENE; POTASSIUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER 111; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES

Citation Formats

Yoshida, Yasuo, Yokosuka, Takuya, Hasegawa, Yukio, Yang, Hung-Hsiang, Huang, Hsu-Sheng, Guan, Shu-You, Su, Wei-Bin, Chang, Chia-Seng, Yanagisawa, Susumu, Lin, Minn-Tsong, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Hoffmann, Germar, and Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of picene thin films formed on Ag(111). United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4894439.
Yoshida, Yasuo, Yokosuka, Takuya, Hasegawa, Yukio, Yang, Hung-Hsiang, Huang, Hsu-Sheng, Guan, Shu-You, Su, Wei-Bin, Chang, Chia-Seng, Yanagisawa, Susumu, Lin, Minn-Tsong, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Hoffmann, Germar, & Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of picene thin films formed on Ag(111). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894439
Yoshida, Yasuo, Yokosuka, Takuya, Hasegawa, Yukio, Yang, Hung-Hsiang, Huang, Hsu-Sheng, Guan, Shu-You, Su, Wei-Bin, Chang, Chia-Seng, Yanagisawa, Susumu, Lin, Minn-Tsong, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, Hoffmann, Germar, and Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. 2014. "Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of picene thin films formed on Ag(111)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894439.
@article{osti_22308411,
title = {Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of picene thin films formed on Ag(111)},
author = {Yoshida, Yasuo and Yokosuka, Takuya and Hasegawa, Yukio and Yang, Hung-Hsiang and Huang, Hsu-Sheng and Guan, Shu-You and Su, Wei-Bin and Chang, Chia-Seng and Yanagisawa, Susumu and Lin, Minn-Tsong and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan and Hoffmann, Germar and Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan},
abstractNote = {Using ultrahigh-vacuum low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy combined with first principles density functional theory calculations, we have investigated structural and electronic properties of pristine and potassium (K)-deposited picene thin films formed in situ on a Ag(111) substrate. At low coverages, the molecules are uniformly distributed with the long axis aligned along the [112{sup ¯}] direction of the substrate. At higher coverages, ordered structures composed of monolayer molecules are observed, one of which is a monolayer with tilted and flat-lying molecules resembling a (11{sup ¯}0) plane of the bulk crystalline picene. Between the molecules and the substrate, the van der Waals interaction is dominant with negligible hybridization between their electronic states; a conclusion that contrasts with the chemisorption exhibited by pentacene molecules on the same substrate. We also observed a monolayer picene thin film in which all molecules were standing to form an intermolecular π stacking. Two-dimensional delocalized electronic states are found on the K-deposited π stacking structure.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4894439},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308411}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 11,
volume = 141,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}