CHARACTERIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES FOR ULTRATHIN ORGANIC FILMS BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY

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作者
BUCHHOLZ, S
FUCHS, H
RABE, JP
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST POLYMER RES,W-6500 MAINZ,GERMANY
[2] BASF AG,KUNSTSTOFFLAB,W-6700 LUDWIGSHAFEN,GERMANY
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10.1002/adma.19910030110
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
Communication: The structure of an organic film of molecular thickness depends strongly on the surface properties of the underlying substrate. STM is a method which enables a substrate surface to be characterized and controlled as demonstrated in the figure, where the letter “U” etched with an STM tip into a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface is shown. The holes, which are around 5 nm in diameter, could serve as nucleation sites for an organic adsorbate phase. (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1991 Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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