Manipulation and adsorption-site mapping of single pentacene molecules on Cu(111)
- 10 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 70 (24), 245415
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.70.245415
Abstract
Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy at is used to study the adsorption and manipulation of single pentacene molecules on Cu(111). Controlled lateral translations of the molecule are performed along different high-symmetry directions of the substrate via attractive tip-molecule interactions. By means of a detailed site-mapping technique combining lateral manipulations of the molecule and of native substrate adatoms we determine the adsorptive configuration of the aromatic molecule. We find a planar adsorption geometry with the long molecular axis aligned with the close-packed Cu atom rows and the benzene units centered over hexagonal close-packed hollow sites of the substrate.
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