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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 14 / NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND DESIGN

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143115 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3374448 (3 pages)

Distinct C60 growth modes on anthracene carboxylic acid templates

Bo Xu, Erkuang Zhu, Chao Lu, Yadi Liu, Zhongyuan Liu, Dongli Yu, Julong He, and Yongjun Tian

State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, China

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(Received 4 February 2010; accepted 8 March 2010; published online 7 April 2010)

Two anthracene carboxylic acid (AnCA) self assembly structures on Ag(111) were employed to investigate the template effects on sequentially deposited C60 molecules using scanning tunneling microscope. The initial AnCA structures execute strong modulations on C60 growth. Either laterally separated AnCA–C60 elongated domain arrays or an “epitaxial” C60 dimer structure over AnCA can be formed depending on the selected AnCA template. These distinct C60 growth modes are closely related to the structural stability of the AnCA templates. Our studies suggest a pathway of molecular nanostructure fabrication through the choice of suitable template.

© 2010 American Institute of Physics

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Keywords

epitaxial growth, fullerenes, mechanical stability, organic compounds, self-assembly

PACS

  • 81.05.ub

    Fullerenes and related materials

  • 61.48.-c

    Structure of fullerenes and related hollow and planar molecular structures

  • 68.35.bp

    Fullerenes

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3374448

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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    K. Müller, A. Kara, T. Kim, R. Bertschinger, A. Scheybal, J. Osterwalder, and T. Jung, Phys. Rev. B 79, 245421 (2009).


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