Monolayers of the organic molecule hexabromobenzene on HOPG and MoS2 h
ave been imaged with scanning tunneling microscopy. The flat lying mol
ecules form an ordered close-packed array with unit cell parameters co
rresponding to their van der Waals radii. In both cases the overlayers
are incommensurable to the substrate. In the images with submolecular
resolution, the molecules appear different on the two substrates. On
HOPG the observed STM image contrast shows a detailed submolecular pat
tern depending on the tunneling voltage, whereas on MoS2 the molecules
appear with a less pronounced inner structure. Neither on HOPG nor on
MoS2 the observed submolecular contrast depends on the adsorption sit
e.