Template-directed assembly of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene on Ru（0001）

The template-directed assembly of planar pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene grown on Ru（0001） （G/Ru） has been investigated by means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy （STM） and density functional theory （DFT） calculations. STM experiments find that pentacene adopts a highly sele...

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Published in:纳米研究：英文版 2013 (2), p.131-137
Main Author: Haitao Zhou Lizhi Zhang Jinhai Mao Geng Li Yi Zhang Yeliang Wang Shixuan Du Werner A. Hofer Hong-Jun Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
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DFT计算
Ru（0001）
分子模板
扫描隧道显微镜
模板组装
石墨
苯分子
选择性吸附
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Summary:The template-directed assembly of planar pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene grown on Ru（0001） （G/Ru） has been investigated by means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy （STM） and density functional theory （DFT） calculations. STM experiments find that pentacene adopts a highly selective and dispersed growth mode in the initial stage. By using DFT calculations including van der Waals interactions, we find that the configuration with pentacene adsorbed on face-centered cubic （fcc） regions of G/Ru is the most stable one, which accounts for the selective adsorption at low coverage. Moreover, at high coverage, we have successfully controlled the molecular assembly from amorphous, local ordering, to long-range order by optimizing the deposition rate and substrate temperature.
ISSN:1998-0124
1998-0000