Perylene monolayer on the Ru(0001) surface

作者:Lu B; Zhang HJ; Tao YS; Huang H; Li HY; Bao SN; He P*; Chen Q
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2005, 86(6): 061915.
DOI:10.1063/1.1862341

摘要

The growth of epitaxial monolayer of perylene on Ru(0001) was investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The STM images showed a coexistence of the ordered phase with a 12 X 12 superstructure and the disordered phase in a monolayer of perylene on Ru(0001). In the disordered region, the perylene molecules are randomly distributed, and orientated uniformly with their long axis in the [1000] direction. For the ordered phase, a model of the Ru(0001)-(12 X 12)-8 perylene superstructure was proposed. The results indicate that the growth behavior of perylene on Ru(0001) is mainly controlled by laterally repulsive molecule-molecule interaction.