Templated Quasicrystalline Molecular Ordering



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
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