Author: Paul Davis CernotaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Organic Monolayers Adsorbed on Th Rhodium(111) Crystal Surface
Author: Paul Davis CernotaScanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Organic Monolayers Adsorbed on the Rhodium(111) Crystal Surface
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy studies were carried out on ordered overlayers on the (111) surface of rhodium. These adsorbates include carbon monoxide (CO), cyclohexane, cyclohexene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene, para-xylene, and meta-xylene. Coadsorbate systems included: CO with ethylidyne, CO with para- and meta-xylene, and para-xylene with meta-xylene. In the case of CO, the structure of the low coverage (2x2) overlayer has been observed. The symmetry of the unit cell in this layer suggests that the CO is adsorbed in the 3-fold hollow sites. There were also two higher coverage surface structures with ((square root)7x(square root)7) unit cells. One of these is composed of trimers of CO and has three CO molecules in each unit cell. The other structure has an additional CO molecule, making a total of four. This extra CO sits on a top site.
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of the Structures and Dynamics of Molecular Monolayers on the Rh(111) and Pt(111) Single Crystal Surfaces
Author: Yong ChenScanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Chiral Phenomena in Organic Monolayers Adsorbed on Graphite
Author: Yuguang CaiScanning Tunneling Microscopy of Organic Monolayers at the Fluid- Solid Interface
Author: Valerie J. MartyPublisher:
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Category : Scanning tunneling microscopy
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
More that just magnificent views of atoms and molecules, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, STM, images have the potential to answer some fundamental questions relating to surface molecular dynamics and bonding characteristics of localized species versus more common analytical tools that provide average of bulk sample information. A special feature of the STM is utilized in this study which is the ability to image organic monolayers at liquid-solid interface at ambient conditions. For STM analysis of organic fluids, the choice of a substrate is critical to the success of the images. The substrate must meet three criteria, the ability to sustain a tunneling current, retain an atomically flat surface over the area scanned, and immobilize a monolayer of the sample. The adsorption geometry created by the liquid crystalline materials analyzed in this study provided magnificent detailed features of the sample monolayer on a graphite substrate. These data provide information about the balance of intermolecular forces at the interface. It is illustrated that the quality or amount of information available from any fluid-solid interfacial image is dependent upon the existence of molecular symmetry within the monolayer of the substrate surface.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Computational Chemistry Studies for Controlled Reactions on Silicon
Author: Dimitri B. SkliarPublisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9780549924609
Category : Scanning tunneling microscopy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The understanding of the chemistry of silicon surfaces has been one of the major contributors in development and improvement of silicon based microelectronic devices in the past several decades. Progressively, the dimensions of devices have reduced by several orders of magnitude, presently at the length scale of few tens of nanometers, and are expected to decrease in size even more. For chemistry based film growth methods such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or atomic layer deposition (ALD), control of film structure and composition in this spatial regime requires a very detailed nanoscopic understanding of silicon surface chemistry. A combined experimental and theoretical approach, utilizing ultra high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (UHV-STM) and density functional theory (DFT), to understanding the surface chemistry of Si(100) is illustrated in the context of ALD development for high dielectric constant metal oxides. As a first possible route to controllably deposit monolayer thick metal layer, the reaction of the metal-organic molecule with bare silicon surface is considered. The interaction of the protonated b-diketonate ligand, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione (dpmH), which is a byproduct of the strontium metal-organic precursor vaporization, with Si(100)-2x1 surface is investigated. Two aspects of the molecule's interactions were addressed: the adsorption at room temperature as well as its thermal decomposition. By combination of the experiments with DFT calculations of adsorbate geometry, STM image simulations, and reaction pathways it was possible to propose unique binding configurations that match the experimentally observed adsorption features. Theoretical analysis of multiple competing reaction pathways showed that hydroxyl dissociation via a 1,7 H-shift mechanism is the dominant adsorption pathway. Several other pathways including [2+4] addition, [2+2] C=O intra-dimer addition, [2+2] C=O intra-dimer addition with OH dissociation on an adjacent dimer, [2+2] C=C intra-dimer addition, and "ene" addition are found to be barrierless with respect to the entrance channel, and have small barriers relative to a hypothesized adsorption precursor intermediate. Pathways involving 1,3 and 1,2 intra-molecular H-shifts are found to be highly activated and are expected to be inaccessible at room temperature. Several state inter-conversions are found to be unlikely as well. These results provide insight to the competitive adsorption pathways for multifunctional molecules on silicon. Investigations of thermally induced decomposition of adsorbed dpmH molecules showed that there are no significant products of desorption of carbon containing fragments of the molecule, i.e. most of the carbon atoms incorporate into the silicon surface causing it to reconstruct to a c(4x4) phase at exposures below ~ 0.15 L. At higher exposures formation of SiC islands is observed. These findings demonstrate that schemes to deposit materials from organometallic compounds containing b-diketone ligands onto clean Si(100)-2x1 surface cannot result in an ordered interfacial structure as carbon incorporation into the substrate is inevitable. An alternative strategy for depositing metal template layer is proposed, where the initial reacting surface will be terminated by water at room temperature. The stability of surface hydroxyl groups and mechanisms of their decomposition in 300-600K temperature range are analyzed. It is found that surface oxidation does not follow first order kinetics with respect to the hydroxyl groups. DFT calculations of oxygen insertion pathways point towards a catalytic effect of the dangling bonds and suggest that in the 500-550K range the insertion events should occur predominantly next to unoccupied surface silicon sites. A model is proposed, where diffusing dangling bonds act as moving catalysts for hydroxyl group decomposition. Kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulations are used to compare the results of this model with experimental data. A strategy to increase hydroxyl group stability is demonstrated where the initial concentration of surface dangling bonds is decreased by water termination at 130K.
American Doctoral Dissertations
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Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Surface Science
Author: Michael BowkerPublisher: Wiley-VCH
ISBN: 3527628835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Here, top international authors in the field of STM and surface science present first-class contributions on this hot topic, bringing the reader up to date with the latest developments in this rapidly advancing field. The focus is on the nanoscale, particularly in relation to catalysis, involving developments in our understanding of the nature of the surfaces of oxides and nanoparticulate materials, as well as adsorption, and includes in-situ studies of catalysis on such model materials. Of high interest to practitioners of surface science, nanoscience, STM and catalysis.
Author: Carla Ann Alves