Revealing the Buried Metal鈥揙rganic Interface: Restructuring of the First Layer by van der Waals Forces

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• 作者：Margareta Wagner ; Stephen Berkebile ; Falko P. Netzer ; Michael G. Ramsey
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 22, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：9
• 期：12
• 页码：12070-12078
• 全文大小：724K
• ISSN：1936-086X

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With the use of molecular manipulation in a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope, the structure and rearrangement of sexiphenyl molecules at the buried interface of the organic film with the Cu(110) substrate surface have been revealed. It is shown that a reconstruction of the first monolayer of flat lying molecules occurs due to the van der Waals pressure from subsequent layers. In this rearrangement, additional sexiphenyl molecules are forced into the established complete monolayer and adopt an edge-on configuration. Incorporation of second layer molecules into the first layer is also demonstrated by purposely pushing sexiphenyl molecules with the STM tip. The results indicate that even chemisorbed organic layers at interfaces can be significantly influenced by external stress from van der Waals forces of subsequent layers.