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Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 171–174 (1989)

High-Resolution Imaging of Copper-Phthalocyanine by Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy

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P. H. Lippel1,2, R. J. Wilson1, M. D. Miller1, Ch. Wöll1,*, and S. Chiang1
1IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120-6099
2Department of Physics, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019

Received 23 September 1988; published in the issue dated 9 January 1989

Scanning-tunneling microscopy (STM) images of isolated Cu-phthalocyanine molecules on a Cu(100) substrate exhibit atomic scale features which agree well with Hückel molecular-orbital calculations. Images which show a molecule atop a measurably corrugated Cu(100) surface, a hopping molecule, packed molecular arrays, and a novel molecular binding site at a Cu step edge further illustrate the potential of STM for molecular observations.

© 1989 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.171
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.171
PACS:
68.35.Bs, 61.16.Di

*Permanent address: Institut für Angewandte Physikalische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, Federal Republic of Germany.