Stable Au-C bonds to the substrate for fullerene-based nanostructures

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/17:73584231

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.109" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.109</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.109" target="_blank" >10.3762/bjnano.8.109</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Stable Au-C bonds to the substrate for fullerene-based nanostructures

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

We report on the formation of fullerene-derived nanostructures on Au(111) at room temperature and under UHV conditions. After low-energy ion sputtering of fullerene films deposited on Au(111), bright spots appear at the herringbone corner sites when measured using a scanning tunneling microscope. These features are stable at room temperature against diffusion on the surface. We carry out DFT calculations of fullerene molecules having one missing carbon atom to simulate the vacancies in the molecules resulting from the sputtering process. These modified fullerenes have an adsorption energy on the Au(111) surface that is 1.6 eV higher than that of C60 molecules. This increased binding energy arises from the saturation by the Au surface of the bonds around the molecular vacancy defect. We therefore interpret the observed features as adsorbed fullerene-derived molecules with C vacancies. This provides a pathway for the formation of fullerene-based nanostructures on Au at room temperature.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Stable Au-C bonds to the substrate for fullerene-based nanostructures

Popis výsledku anglicky

We report on the formation of fullerene-derived nanostructures on Au(111) at room temperature and under UHV conditions. After low-energy ion sputtering of fullerene films deposited on Au(111), bright spots appear at the herringbone corner sites when measured using a scanning tunneling microscope. These features are stable at room temperature against diffusion on the surface. We carry out DFT calculations of fullerene molecules having one missing carbon atom to simulate the vacancies in the molecules resulting from the sputtering process. These modified fullerenes have an adsorption energy on the Au(111) surface that is 1.6 eV higher than that of C60 molecules. This increased binding energy arises from the saturation by the Au surface of the bonds around the molecular vacancy defect. We therefore interpret the observed features as adsorbed fullerene-derived molecules with C vacancies. This provides a pathway for the formation of fullerene-based nanostructures on Au at room temperature.

Druh

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CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

ISSN

2190-4286

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

1073-1079

Kód UT WoS článku

000406242900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85020687905