OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION OF INTERNAL STRUCTURE IN SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IMAGES OF RELATED MOLECULES

被引:104
作者
HALLMARK, VM [1 ]
CHIANG, S [1 ]
MEINHARDT, KP [1 ]
HAFNER, K [1 ]
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[1] TH DARMSTADT,INST ORGAN CHEM,W-6100 DARMSTADT,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3740
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The scanning tunneling microscope has been used to distinguish among a series of related molecules on Pt(111) by details of their observed structures. The electronic isomers naphthalene and azulene can be recognized, as can three structural isomers of monomethylazulene, as well as dimethyl- and trimethylazulene. The number and position of substituents affect the diffusion rates, sticking coefficients, and orientations. A simple methodology based on extended Huckel theory, including the substrate, generates electron and hole density plots which show very good agreement with the data.
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页码:3740 / 3743
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