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Scanning tunnelling microscopic investigation of fullerene monolayers
V A Fedirko1, V A Bykov, M D Eremchenko
1Moscow State University of Technology "Stankin", 3a Vadkovski pr., 101472, Moscow, Russia.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
C(60) fullerene monolayers have been investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy. Single C(60) molecules have been resolved and a regular surface lattice structure of fullerene - in - surfactant is observed. Tunnel electron spectroscopic measurements results in typical I(V) curves which are interpreted in terms of the two-junction Coulomb blockade effect.
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