Magic numbers in two-dimensional self-organization of C-60 molecules
- Employing the chemically passive carbon reconstruction W(110)/C-R(15x3) as substrate for deposition of C-60 molecules, we have discovered by scanning tunneling microscopy two-dimensional self-assembly of fullerenes into uniform molecular nanoclusters with "magic" numbers. Our photoemission measurements determine van der Waals forces as the dominating interaction in this self-organizing two-dimensional molecular gas. Based on this, a theoretical determination of the cluster structures in the framework of the Girifalco model gives perfect agreement with the experiment
Author details: | Andrei VarykhalovORCiDGND, Wolfgang Gudat, V. K. Adamchuk, Oliver RaderORCiDGND |
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URL: | http://prb.aps.org/pdf/PRB/v73/i24/e241404 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1103/Physrevb.73.241404 |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2006 |
Publication year: | 2006 |
Release date: | 2017/03/24 |
Source: | Physical review / b. - 73 (2006), 24, Art. No. 241404 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |