Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the molecular arrangement of meta- and para-xylene on Pd(111)

Authors
Futaba, DN Landry, JP Loui, A Chiang, S
Citation
Dn. Futaba et al., Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the molecular arrangement of meta- and para-xylene on Pd(111), J VAC SCI A, 19(4), 2001, pp. 1993-1995
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS
ISSN journal
07342101 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Part
2
Pages
1993 - 1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-2101(200107/08)19:4<1993:STMSOT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We have performed an experimental study of meta- and para-xylene isomers, C 6H4(CH3)(2), adsorbed on Pd(111). Using scanning tunneling microscopy we im aged the characteristic surface structures and investigated the molecular o rdering for meta- and para-xylene. A triangular shape characterized the met a-xylene, and the para-xylene showed a distinctive diamond shape. Both isom ers showed some propensity to order and a correlation between azimuthal ori entation and the close-packed directions of the metal. (C) 2001 American Va cuum Society.