ELECTRONIC ORIGIN OF SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IMAGES AND CARBON SKELETON ORIENTATIONS OF NORMAL-ALKANES ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE

Authors
LIANG W WHANGBO MH WAWKUSCHEWSKI A CANTOW HJ MAGONOV SN
Citation
W. Liang et al., ELECTRONIC ORIGIN OF SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IMAGES AND CARBON SKELETON ORIENTATIONS OF NORMAL-ALKANES ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE, Advanced materials, 5(11), 1993, pp. 817-821
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
5
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
817 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1993)5:11<817:EOOSIA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
STM images of organic insulating molecules adsorbed on conducting subs trates can only be understood if their electronic origin is known. Ima ges of normal alkanes on graphite (n-C36H74 is shown in the Figure) ar e interpreted here on the basis of their partial electron density plot s rho(r0,e(f)), demonstrating that the linear alkanes can ''tumble'' a nd change their orientation with respect to the graphite surface.