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Internal structure of C60 fullerence molecules as revealed by low-temperature STM

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We have performed Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) in ultra-high vacuum at low temperatures (5 and 50K) of unordered and ordered C60 layers adsorbed on a Au(110) surface. STM topographs of the frozen C60 molecules reveal four symmetric patterns within single molecules, which may be associated with different orientations of the fullerenes on a highly corrugated gold substrate.

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  1. Institut de Physique Expérimentale, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    R. Gaisch, R. Berndt & W. D. Schneider

  2. IBM Research Division, Zürich Research Laboratory, CH-8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    J. K. Gimzewski, B. Reihl, R. R. Schlittler & M. Tschudy

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Gaisch, R., Berndt, R., Gimzewski, J.K. et al. Internal structure of C60 fullerence molecules as revealed by low-temperature STM. Appl. Phys. A 57, 207–210 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331447

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