Molecular properties of PTCDA on graphene grown on a rectangular symmetry substrate
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UAM. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada; UAM. Departamento de Física de MaterialesPublisher
ElsevierDate
2023-02-19Citation
10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156777
Applied Surface Science 620 (2023): 156777
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0169-4332 (print); 1873-5584 (online)DOI
10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156777Funded by
Financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) under grant No. MAT2016-77852-C2-2-R, as well as, from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion ´ (MICINN) through the “María de Maetzu” program for units of excellence in R&D (grant No. CEX2018-000805-M) is gratefully acknowledged. A. J. M.-G. acknowledges funding by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion ´ (MICINN) through Project No. PID2020-116619GA-C22, as well as, from the Comunidad de Madrid and the Universidad Autonoma ´ de Madrid under project SI3/PJI/2021- 00500Project
Gobierno de España. MAT2016-77852-C2-2-R; Gobierno de España. PID2020-116619GA-C22Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156777Subjects
2D materials; Molecular orbitals; PTCDA molecule; Quasi-1D moiré patterns; Self-assembled growth; Symmetry mismatched substrates; Física
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Abstract
The chemical modulation associated with moiré patterns, arising at the interface of metal-supported 2D material systems, affects the interaction between molecules and 2D materials on surfaces. Since the crystallography of the support influences the interfacial chemistry of the moiré modulation, this parameter could also play a role in the graphene-molecule interaction, although studies using non-hexagonal metal supports are needed to investigate this effect. It is a key issue since graphene appears combined with organic films in most technological advances related to this material. Here, we have characterized the properties of PTCDA molecules on graphene grown on Rh(110) substrates, which exhibit a rectangular atomic packing, using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The results showed that PTCDA molecules are arranged on the surface into a herringbone structure exhibiting a long-range ordering, which grows continuously across substrate atomic steps edge and dislocations. The quasi-1D moiré patterns of the Gr/Rh(110) surfaces are found to provide an inert chemical landscape for the molecular arrangement. Bias voltage-dependent imaging of the orbital structure of PTCDA molecules and differential conductance spectra back up a weak molecule–substrate interaction scheme. Finally, the α-polymorph of bulk crystal PTCDA has been determined as the favored stacking configuration for bilayer molecules on Gr/Rh(110)
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Martínez Galera, Antonio Javier
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Gómez Rodríguez, José M.
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