Chin. Phys. B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (12): 126803-126803.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/12/126803

• CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Pits and adatoms at the interface of 1-ML C84/Ag (111)

王鹏a b, 张寒洁a, 李艳君a, 盛春荠a, 李文杰a, 邢秀娜a, 李海洋a, 何丕模a, 鲍世宁a, 李宏年a   

  1. a Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    b Department of Applied Physics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-06-06 修回日期:2013-09-23 出版日期:2013-10-25 发布日期:2013-10-25
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11079028 and 11374258).

Pits and adatoms at the interface of 1-ML C84/Ag (111)

Wang Peng (王鹏)a b, Zhang Han-Jie (张寒洁)a, Li Yan-Jun (李艳君)a, Sheng Chun-Qi (盛春荠)a, Li Wen-Jie (李文杰)a, Xing Xiu-Na (邢秀娜)a, Li Hai-Yang (李海洋)a, He Pi-Mo (何丕模)a, Bao Shi-Ning (鲍世宁)a, Li Hong-Nian (李宏年)a   

  1. a Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    b Department of Applied Physics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
  • Received:2013-06-06 Revised:2013-09-23 Online:2013-10-25 Published:2013-10-25
  • Contact: Li Hong-Nian E-mail:phylihn@public.zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11079028 and 11374258).

摘要: We prepare a well-defined C84 monolayer on the surface of Ag (111) and study the geometric structure by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The C84 molecules form a nearly close-packed incommensurate R30° lattice. The lattice is long-distance ordered with numerous local disorders. The monolayer exhibits complex bright/dim contrast; the largest height difference between the molecules can be greater than 0.4 nm. Annealing the monolayer at 380 ℃ can desorb part of the molecules, but more than sixty percent molecules stay on the Ag (111) surface even after the sample has been annealed at 650 ℃. Our analyses reveal that the 7-atom pits form beneath many molecules. Some other molecules sit at the 1-atom pits. Ag adatoms (those removed substrate atoms, accompanying the pit formation) play a very important role in this system. The adatoms can either stabilize or destabilize the monolayer, depending on the distribution manner of the adatoms at the interface. The distribution manner is determined by the co-play of the following factors: the dimension of the interstitial regions of the C84 overlayer, the number of the adatoms, and the long-distance migration of part adatoms.

关键词: 1-ML C84/Ag (111), geometric structure, pit, adatom, STM

Abstract: We prepare a well-defined C84 monolayer on the surface of Ag (111) and study the geometric structure by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The C84 molecules form a nearly close-packed incommensurate R30° lattice. The lattice is long-distance ordered with numerous local disorders. The monolayer exhibits complex bright/dim contrast; the largest height difference between the molecules can be greater than 0.4 nm. Annealing the monolayer at 380 ℃ can desorb part of the molecules, but more than sixty percent molecules stay on the Ag (111) surface even after the sample has been annealed at 650 ℃. Our analyses reveal that the 7-atom pits form beneath many molecules. Some other molecules sit at the 1-atom pits. Ag adatoms (those removed substrate atoms, accompanying the pit formation) play a very important role in this system. The adatoms can either stabilize or destabilize the monolayer, depending on the distribution manner of the adatoms at the interface. The distribution manner is determined by the co-play of the following factors: the dimension of the interstitial regions of the C84 overlayer, the number of the adatoms, and the long-distance migration of part adatoms.

Key words: 1-ML C84/Ag (111), geometric structure, pit, adatom, STM

中图分类号:  (Fullerenes)

  • 68.55.ap
68.35.Ct (Interface structure and roughness) 68.37.Ef (Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)) 68.43.Hn (Structure of assemblies of adsorbates (two-and three-dimensional clustering))