Characterization and modification of conducting substrates for ultrathin organic films by scanning tunneling microscopy
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 3 (1) , 51-54
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.19910030110
Abstract
Communication: The structure of an organic film of molecular thickness depends strongly on the surface properties of the underlying substrate. STM is a method which enables a substrate surface to be characterized and controlled as demonstrated in the figure, where the letter “U” etched with an STM tip into a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface is shown. The holes, which are around 5 nm in diameter, could serve as nucleation sites for an organic adsorbate phase. magnified imageKeywords
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