Smerdon, A, Young, KM, Lowe, M, Hars, SS, Yadav, TP, Hesp, D, Dhanak, VR, Tsai, AP, Sharma, HR ORCID: 0000-0003-0456-6258 and McGrath, R ORCID: 0000-0002-9880-5741
(2014)
Templated Quasicrystalline Molecular Ordering.
Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, 14 (3).
pp. 1184-1189.
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Abstract
Quasicrystals are materials with long-range ordering but no periodicity. We report scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) observations of quasicrystalline molecular layers on 5-fold quasicrystal surfaces. The molecules adopt positions and orientations on the surface consistent with the quasicrystalline ordering of the substrate. Carbon-60 adsorbs atop sufficiently separated Fe atoms on icosahedral Al–Cu–Fe to form a unique quasicrystalline lattice, whereas further C60 molecules decorate remaining surface Fe atoms in a quasi-degenerate fashion. Pentacene (Pn) adsorbs at 10-fold symmetric points around surface-bisected rhombic triacontahedral clusters in icosahedral Ag–In–Yb. These systems constitute the first demonstrations of quasicrystalline molecular ordering on a template.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | ## TULIP Type: Articles/Papers (Journal) ## |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Molecules, quasicrystal, scanning tunneling microscopy, pentacene, fullerene |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2016 08:25 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:37 |
DOI: | 10.1021/nl403947b |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000987 |