Van der Waals interactions mediating the cohesion of fullerenes on graphene
Fullerenes on single-layer epitaxial graphene are a model system to study very faint interactions at a molecular level. By a variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope we have been able to study ordered fullerene layers at 40 K, exclusively bound by van der Waals interactions. The experiment...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositório: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/672809 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/672809 https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.121407 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Graphene Fullerene layers Van der Waals interactions Total energy Física |
| Resumo: | Fullerenes on single-layer epitaxial graphene are a model system to study very faint interactions at a molecular level. By a variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope we have been able to study ordered fullerene layers at 40 K, exclusively bound by van der Waals interactions. The experimentally determined adsorption geometry of the molecules is computationally confirmed only if van der Waals interactions are included in the calculation formalism. The relative orientation of fullerenes in their close-packed arrangement is found to be the crucial factor for determining the total energy. Observation of collective movements of fullerene islands points out the weak coupling to the substrate and the important role of the van der Waals cohesion forces within |
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