Electrospray deposition of fullerenes in ultra-high vacuum: In situ scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission spectroscopy

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 45, 2007, Pages

  Satterley, Christopher J ^a   Perdigão, Luís M A ^a   Saywell, Alex ^a   Magnano, Graziano ^a   Rienzo, Anna ^a   Mayor, Louise C ^a   Dhanak, Vinod R ^b,c   Beton, Peter H ^a   O'Shea, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

ELECTROSPRAY DEPOSITION; PERIODICITY; THERMALLY LABILE MOLECULES;

FULLERENES;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY; EVAPORATION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 36049039937     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/45/455304     Document Type: Article

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