We report the synthesis of extended two-dimensional organic networks on Cu(111), Ag(111), Cu(110), and Ag(110) from thiophene-based molecules. A combination of scanning tunnelling microscopy and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy yields insight into the reaction pathways from single molecules towards the formation of two-dimensional organometallic and polymeric structures via Ullmann reaction dehalogenation and C-C coupling. The thermal stability of the molecular networks is probed by annealing at elevated temperatures of up to 500 °C. On Cu(111) only organometallic structures are formed, while on Ag(111) both organometallic and covalent polymeric networks were found to coexist. The ratio between organometallic and covalent bonds could be controlled by means of the annealing temperature. The thiophene moieties start degrading at 200 °C on the copper surface, whereas on silver the degradation process becomes significant only at 400 °C. Our work reveals how the interplay of a specific surface type and temperature steers the formation of organometallic and polymeric networks and describes how these factors influence the structural integrity of two-dimensional organic networks.
Gold-mediated
exfoliation of MoS
2
has recently attracted
considerable interest. The strong interaction between MoS
2
and Au facilitates preferential production of centimeter-sized monolayer
MoS
2
with near-unity yield and provides a heterostructure
system noteworthy from a fundamental standpoint. However, little is
known about the detailed nature of the MoS
2
–Au interaction
and its evolution with the MoS
2
thickness. Here, we identify
the specific vibrational and binding energy fingerprints of this interaction
using Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which indicate substantial
strain and charge doping in monolayer MoS
2
. Tip-enhanced
Raman spectroscopy reveals heterogeneity of the MoS
2
–Au
interaction at the nanoscale, reflecting the spatial nonconformity
between the two materials. Micro-Raman spectroscopy shows that this
interaction is strongly affected by the roughness and cleanliness
of the underlying Au. Our results elucidate the nature of the MoS
2
–Au interaction and guide strain and charge doping
engineering of MoS
2
.
We report the synthesis and first electronic characterization of an atomically thin two dimensional p-conjugated polymer. Polymerization via Ullmann coupling of a tetrabrominated tetrathienoanthracene on Ag(111) in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) produces a porous 2D polymer network that has been characterized by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). High-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HRXPS) shows that the reaction proceeds via two distinct steps: dehalogenation of the brominated precursor, which begins at room temperature (RT), and CC coupling of the resulting Agbound intermediates, which requires annealing at 300 C. The formation of the 2D conjugated network is accompanied by a shift of the occupied molecular states by 0.6 eV towards the Fermi level, as observed by UV photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). A theoretical analysis of the electronic gap reduction in the transition from monomeric building blocks to various 1D and 2D oligomers and polymers yields important insight into the effect of topology on the electronic structure of 2D conjugated polymers.
We report a straightforward method to produce high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene on SiC(0001) using direct nitrogen ion implantation and subsequent stabilization at temperatures above 1300 K. We demonstrate that double defects, which comprise two nitrogen defects in a second-nearest-neighbor (meta) configuration, can be formed in a controlled way by adjusting the duration of bombardment. Two types of atomic contrast of single N defects are identified in scanning tunneling microscopy. We attribute the origin of these two contrasts to different tip structures by means of STM simulations. The characteristic dip observed over N defects is explained in terms of the destructive quantum interference.
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