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Template-directed assembly of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001)

Haitao Zhou1Lizhi Zhang1Jinhai Mao1Geng Li1Yi Zhang1Yeliang Wang1Shixuan Du1( )Werner A. Hofer2Hong-Jun Gao1( )
Institute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
Stephenson Institute for Renewable EnergyUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolL69 3BXUK
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The template-directed assembly of planar pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene grown on Ru(0001) (G/Ru) has been investigated by means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. STM experiments find that pentacene adopts a highly selective and dispersed growth mode in the initial stage. By using DFT calculations including van der Waals interactions, we find that the configuration with pentacene adsorbed on face-centered cubic (fcc) regions of G/Ru is the most stable one, which accounts for the selective adsorption at low coverage. Moreover, at high coverage, we have successfully controlled the molecular assembly from amorphous, local ordering, to long-range order by optimizing the deposition rate and substrate temperature.

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Zhou H, Zhang L, Mao J, et al. Template-directed assembly of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001). Nano Research, 2013, 6(2): 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-013-0288-8

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Received: 18 October 2012
Accepted: 20 December 2012
Published: 11 January 2013
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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