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Axel Belser1, Katharina Greulich1, Peter Grüninger1,2
1Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Abstract:
Electronic interface properties and the initial growth of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene with a borazine core (BN-HBC) on Au(111) have been studied by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). A weak, but non-negligible, interaction between BN-HBC and Au(111) was found at the interface. Both hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) and BN-HBC molecules form well-defined monolayers. The different contrast in STM images of HBC and BN-HBC at different tunneling voltages with submolecular resolution can be ascribed to differences in the local density of states (LDOS). At positive and negative tunneling voltages, STM images reproduce the distribution of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO) as determined by density functional theory (DFT) calculations very well.
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