The adsorption of heptahelicene, a helically shaped polyaromatic hydrocarbon (C(30)H(18)), on a Cu(111) surface was studied by means of thermal desorption mass spectrometry (TDMS) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED) at temperatures between 130-1,000 K under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions. The molecule in the monolayer remains intact up to 400 K. Above that temperature it decomposes in several steps into carbon and hydrogen, desorbing subsequently as H(2). In the saturated monolayer of the racemate the enantiomers are separated into two different domains on the surface which are mirror images of each other. After adsorption of one enantiomer only, no mirror domains were observed.
Tungsten and chromium containing hydrogenated amorphous carbon films were deposited in a process which combines plasma activated chemical vapour deposition of methane and r.f..-sputtering of a metallic target. The metal content of the deposits can be adjusted by the ratio of gas flow between argon and methane and was determined by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). For the a-C:H/W composites the XPS data are presented in detail and supply information about the chemical state of carbon and tungsten. The presence of W in carbidic state could be proven. Furthermore the optical constants n and k of a-C:HIW were obtained in the wavelength range between 0.4 and 2.6 jim and for W concentrations of Up to 33 at.%. The morphology of the deposits, determined by atomic force microscopy, ranges from very porous to compact and can be controlled by the substrate bias voltage. Accelerated ageing investigations were performed in air in order to characterize the deterioration mechanisms of a-C:H/W and a-C:WCr films deposited on different substrate materials. The significance of the morphology of the coating and the roughness of the substrate for the ageing mechanisms could be shown. Very promising results concerning the film stability were obtained for a-C:H/Cr.
The self-assembly ofracemic and enantiopure Heptahelicene, a helically shaped polyaromatic hydrocarbon (C 3 oH 18 ), on single-crystal surfaces was studied at temperatures between 150 K and 1000 K by means of surface sensitive methods like scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), temperature programmed desorption (TPD), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), time-of-flight secondary mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and diffraction (XPS, XPD), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). On Ni(ll 1), Ni(IOO) and Cu(l 11), the molecule remains intact up to 450 K. Above that temperature it decomposes in several steps into carbon and hydrogen, the latter desorbing subsequently as H 2 • The adsorption of racemic Heptahelicene on Cu(l 11) leads to a two-dimensional enantiomeric separation into at least 20 nm wide homochiral domains. In the first monolayer, the adsorbate-substrate complex has a geometry in which the molecule is oriented with three terminal rings parallel to the surface. After adsorption of enantiopure Heptahelicene onto the stepped Cu(332) surface, an azimuthal alignment of the molecular spirals is observed, creating a single-phase orientational order. X-ray absorption studies (NEXAFS) using synchrotron radiation show for the molecule in the saturated monolayer on Ni(IOO) a tilted geometry.
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