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C-60 submonolayers on the Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface: Does a mixture of physisorbed and chemisorbed states exist?

Author

  • S. Gangopadhyay
  • R. A. J. Woolley
  • R. Danza
  • M. A. Phillips
  • Karina Schulte
  • Li Wang
  • V. R. Dhanak
  • P. J. Moriarty

Summary, in English

We have carried out a combined X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy(UPS), and scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) study of the C-60-Si(1 1 1) interaction where the XPS/UPS spectrometer and STM are integrated on a single UHV system. This enables a direct comparison of the XPS/UPS spectra with the STM data and eliminates any uncertainty in C-60 coverage measurements. X-ray standing wave measurements and density functional theory calculations have been used to support and interpret the results of the XPS/UPS/STM experiments. Our data conclusively rule out models of C-60 adsorption which involve a mixture of physisorbed and chemisorbed molecules [K. Sakamoto, et al., Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 2579]. Instead, we find that all molecules, up to 1 monolayer coverage, bond to the surface via Si-C bonds which are predominantly of covalent character. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Department/s

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

2896-2901

Publication/Series

Surface Science

Volume

603

Issue

18

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Natural Sciences
  • Physical Sciences

Keywords

  • Scanning tunnelling microscopy
  • Interface
  • Silicon
  • C-60
  • Adsorption

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0039-6028