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Molecular nanocrystals on ultrathin NaCl films on Au(111)
Yongfeng Wang1, Jörg Kröger, Richard Berndt
1Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, D-24098 Kiel, Germany. yfwang@physik.uni-kiel.de
Abstract:
Direct comparison of SnPc growth on a metal and a nearly insulating surface was achieved by adsorption of SnPc on Au(111) partially covered with NaCl. While on Au(111), SnPc lies flat and grows in a Stranski-Krastanov mode; on NaCl, Volmer-Weber growth of three-dimensional molecular nanocrystals occurs. On NaCl, intermolecular interactions dominate over the molecule-NaCl coupling and result in a tilted adsorption configuration.
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