Intramolecular structures of C60 molecules adsorbed on the Cu(111)-(1×1) surface

Tomihiro Hashizume, K. Motai, X. D. Wang, H. Shinohara, Y. Saito, Y. Maruyama, K. Ohno, Y. Kawazoe, Y. Nishina, H. W. Pickering, Y. Kuk, and T. Sakurai
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2959 – Published 1 November 1993
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Abstract

The structure of C60 molecules adsorbed on the Cu(111)-(1×1) surface has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Bias voltage dependent STM images of individual C60 molecules in the monolayer film showed unique intramolecular structures with a threefold symmetry. The observed images agree well with those calculated using the local density approximation. With charge transfer from the Cu(111) substrate to the monolayer film, the C60 molecule ratchets to threefold hollow sites.

  • Received 26 April 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2959

©1993 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Tomihiro Hashizume, K. Motai, X. D. Wang, H. Shinohara, Y. Saito, Y. Maruyama, K. Ohno, Y. Kawazoe, Y. Nishina, H. W. Pickering, Y. Kuk, and T. Sakurai

  • Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan

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Vol. 71, Iss. 18 — 1 November 1993

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