Giant fullerenes formed on C 60 films irradiated with electrons field-emitted from scanning tunneling microscope tips

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 254, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7881-7884

  Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Mera, Yutaka ^a   Maeda, Koji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron irradiation; Electronic excitation; Fragmentation, Coalescence, STM; Giant fullerene

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FULLERENES; MICROSCOPES; MOLECULES;

C60 MOLECULES; CRYSTALLINE C60 FILMS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FRAGMENTATION, COALESCENCE, STM; GIANT FULLERENES; LARGE CLUSTERS; PHOTO-INDUCED; SURFACE PROFILE MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 51249084154     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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