Insight into STM image contrast of n-tetradecane and n-hexadecane molecules on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3243-3247

  Zhao, Miao ^a,b   Jiang, Peng ^a   Deng, Ke ^a   Yu, Ai Fang ^a   Hao, Yan Zhong ^c   Xie, Si Shen ^e   Sun, Jie Lin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL MATERIALS   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkane; Scanning tunneling microscope; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHAINS; GRAPHITE; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MICROSCOPES; MOLECULES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CARBON BACKBONE; CARBON SKELETON; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; LONG CHAIN ALKANE; MOLECULAR AXES; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TRANS CONFORMATIONS;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 78651346888     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.10.150     Document Type: Article

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