SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF C16H33-Q3CNQ, HEXADECYLQUINOLINIUM TRICYANOQUINODIMETHANIDE

Authors
WU XL SHAMSUZZOHA M METZGER RM ASHWELL GJ
Citation
Xl. Wu et al., SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF C16H33-Q3CNQ, HEXADECYLQUINOLINIUM TRICYANOQUINODIMETHANIDE, Synthetic metals, 57(1), 1993, pp. 3836-3841
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Metallurgy & Mining
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
57
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3836 - 3841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1993)57:1<3836:SAHTE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) of a Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) monola yer film of hexadecylquinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide (C16H33-Q3CN Q, 3) on graphite shows atomic resolution: the image is ascribed to th e atoms in the dicyanomethylene ''swallowtail'' end of the molecule. T he molecule is probably twisted about 20-degrees from the normal to th e graphite surface. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy ( HRTEM) of a LS monolayer of 3 on a Cu grid shows a spacing of 18 A bet ween well-defined layers, and a pseudo-hexagonal pattern.