OBSERVATION OF THIN-FILM OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIC CONDUCTOR TETRATHIOFULVALENE TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE BY MEANS OF ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

被引：18

作者：

NAKAJIMA, K

KAGESHIMA, M

ARA, N

YOSHIMURA, M

KAWAZU, A

机构：

[1] Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 62卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.109534

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Thin films of the charge transfer complex of tetrathiofulvalene tetracyanoquinodimethane (TTF-TCNQ) deposited on KCl and KBr were studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Structures corresponding to the molecular arrangement of the crystallographic ab-plane were observed in the molecular-scale AFM images. Large-scale imaging (15 X 15 mum) revealed that the films consist of rectangular islands whose longer sides (corresponding to the highly conductive b-axis) orient in the [110] or [110BAR] direction of the KCl and KBr(001) surfaces. A small number of islands rotated 32-degrees from the [110] direction were also observed on the KBr substrate. The arrangement of these islands can be explained by considering the adsorption of a TCNQ molecule to the metastable state.

引用

页码：1892 / 1894

页数：3

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