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19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Materials Science, Coatings & Films
We show that the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope can be used to
manipulate large groups of molecules and form Lines in C-60 multilaye
rs that have widths of order 10 nm and lengths up to 1 mu m. This modi
fication is achieved by first moving the tip towards the surface and t
hen sweeping it across a predetermined distance. This causes the secon
d and higher layers of adsorbed C-60 to accumulate in ordered islands
that are several layers high and leaves exposed the first C-60 layer,
which is partially ordered in a hexagonal arrangement. Our results sho
w that the first adsorbed C-60 layer bonds strongly to the Si(111)-7X7
surface but that higher layers are bound much more weakly and can be
routinely modified. (C) 1997 American Vacuum Society.