Enhanced fullerene–Au(111) coupling in (2√3 × 2√3)R30° superstructures with intermolecular interactions

Abstract

This article is part of the Thematic Series "Functional nanostructureselectronic structure, charge and heat transport".

Structure transition of a C60 monolayer on the Bi(111) surface

“…14 In the (2O3 Â 2O3) R30 structure, all C 60 molecules are in the same orientation. 12,16 The complex chiral motifs have been observed. 17 In CsnC 60 fulleride lms, orientational ordering appears.…”

“…4 A C 60 monolayer grown on solid surfaces is critical for understanding and controlling the interfacial properties of fullerene-derived electronic and photovoltaic devices. 5,6 STM studies demonstrated that the C 60 monolayer on the solid surface exhibit a variety of lattice orientations such as the "in phase" (2O3 Â 2O3) R30 , [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] , (7 Â 7) R0 13 and (O589 Â O589) R14.5 . [13][14][15] The individual molecules of fullerene and fulleride within a single domain display different orientations.…”

“…The structure of C 60 monolayers grown on the solid surface is not only related to C 60 molecules themselves but also the substrate. In the past reports, there have been a large number of investigation on the C 60 monolayer structures grown on numerous metals or semiconducting substrates, such as Ag, [7][8][9]19,20 Au, [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]21,22 Cu, [23][24][25] graphene, 26,27 Si, 28,29 Ge, 30 C 60 , 29 or NaCl. 31 However, few reports address the superstructure of C 60 molecules adsorbed on semi-metal substrates.…”

Strain-Relief Patterns and Kagome Lattice in Self-Assembled C60 Thin Films Grown on Cd(0001)

“…C 60 molecules form various self-assembled structures when deposited on different types of substrate, such as Au [4][5][6][7][8][9], Ag [10][11][12][13][14], Cu [15,16], Pb [17], Pd [18], P [19], Al [20], graphene [21][22][23][24], WSe 2 [25], Si [26][27][28][29], and Ge [30][31][32]. Many results indicate that C 60 molecules are easy to nucleate at the terrace edge and may form a close-packed structure under appropriate conditions, regardless of the types of substrate, such as the 2 √ 3 × 2 √ 3 R30 • domain on Au(111) [33,34] and the 4 × 4 superstructure on graphene/Cu(111) [22].…”