Anion adsorption driving 2D crystallization of C60 at the ionic liquid [bmim][PF6]/Au(111) interface Export

@article{citeulike:5807634, abstract = {The two-dimensional (2D) crystallization of C 60 , driven by the anion adsorption, at the [bmim][PF 6 ]/Au(1 1 1) interface has been investigated by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). It is found that although a number of small ordered domains of C 60 exist in air, they will gradually merge into some big ones in [bmim][PF 6 ]. The formation of a high-quality epitaxial C 60 film is attributed to the slow replacement of C 60 by the PF 6 adsorption and the high mobility of C 60 on PF 6 /Au(1 1 1), i.e., a competitive adsorption–desorption process between C 60 and PF 6 . Such strategy could be used to prepare epitaxial films of functional molecules.}, author = {Xiao, Yan and Pan, Ge-Bo and Freyland, Werner}, citeulike-article-id = {5807634}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.041}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0009261409011452}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.041}, issn = {00092614}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, keywords = {adsorption, anion, au, crystallization, fullerene, rtil}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2009-10-16 14:54:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Anion adsorption driving 2D crystallization of C60 at the ionic liquid [bmim][PF6]/Au(111) interface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.041}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5807634 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5807634 N2 - The two-dimensional (2D) crystallization of C 60 , driven by the anion adsorption, at the [bmim][PF 6 ]/Au(1 1 1) interface has been investigated by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). It is found that although a number of small ordered domains of C 60 exist in air, they will gradually merge into some big ones in [bmim][PF 6 ]. The formation of a high-quality epitaxial C 60 film is attributed to the slow replacement of C 60 by the PF 6 adsorption and the high mobility of C 60 on PF 6 /Au(1 1 1), i.e., a competitive adsorption–desorption process between C 60 and PF 6 . Such strategy could be used to prepare epitaxial films of functional molecules. JF - Chemical Physics Letters SN - 00092614 TI - Anion adsorption driving 2D crystallization of C60 at the ionic liquid [bmim][PF6]/Au(111) interface KW - adsorption KW - anion KW - au KW - crystallization KW - fullerene KW - rtil AU - Xiao, Yan AU - Pan, Ge-Bo AU - Freyland, Werner PY - 2009/09/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.041 ER -