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Molecular-resolution imaging of pentacene on KCl(001)
Julia L Neff1, Jan Götzen, Enhui Li
1Physikalisches Institut and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract:
The growth of pentacene on KCl(001) at submonolayer coverage was studied by dynamic scanning force microscopy. At coverages below one monolayer pentacene was found to arrange in islands with an upright configuration. The molecular arrangement was resolved in high-resolution images. In these images two different types of patterns were observed, which switch repeatedly. In addition, defects were found, such as a molecular vacancy and domain boundaries.

