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Molecules on Insulating Films: Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Individual Molecular Orbitals

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Ultrathin insulating NaCl films have been employed to decouple individual pentacene molecules electronically from the metallic substrate. This allows the inherent electronic structure of the free molecule to be preserved and studied by means of low-temperature scanning-tunneling microscopy. Thereby direct images of the unperturbed molecular orbitals of the individual pentacene molecules are obtained. Elastic scattering quantum chemistry calculations substantiate the experimental findings.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.026803

Authors: Jascha Repp, Gerhard Meyer, Sladjana M. Stojković, André Gourdon, Christian Joachim

Institutions: IBM Research - Zurich, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre d’Élaboration de Matériaux et d’Études Structurales

Language: English

Topic: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1964084591

FWCI: 39.75

Cites: 24

Cited by: 908

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