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We report on a theoretical study of adsorption of 4-Acetylbiphenyl molecule and its diffusion properties in the main directions of the Au(111) surface. Structural changes of the molecule, which are induced by adsorption lead to stronger…
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We report an example that demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-supported reactions and molecular adsorption configurations. Two biphenyl-based molecules with two and four bromine substituents, i.e. 2,2-dibromo-biphenyl…
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Self-decoupled tetrapodal perylene molecules were designed, synthesized, and deposited on the Au(111) surface through the electrosprayionization technique. Photoluminescence and lifetime measurements show that the chromophore groups of the…
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Stable and metastable metallic nanoparticles exhibit unique properties compared to the bulk, with potentially important applications for catalysis. This is in particular the case for the AgPt alloy that can exhibit the ordered L1$_1$…
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Controlling the self-assembly of surface-adsorbed molecules into nanostructures requires understanding physical mechanisms that act across multiple length and time scales. By combining scanning tunneling microscopy with hierarchical ab…
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The ability to create micro/nano patterns of organic self-assembled monolayers on semiconductor surfaces is crucial for fundamental studies and applications in a number of emerging fields in nanoscience. Here, we demonstrate the patterning…
We report on the gold assisted epitaxial growth of Ge nanostructures under ultra high vacuum (UHV) conditions (\approx3\times 10-10 mbar) on clean Ge (100) surfaces. For this study, \approx2.0 nm thick Au samples were grown on the substrate…
We investigate the impact of the substrate on the structural properties and the morphology of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold, using first principles calculations and atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. We…
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