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Imaging Substrate‐Mediated Interactions
Author(s) -
Kamna M.M.,
Stranick S.J.,
Weiss P.S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.199600008
Subject(s) - chemistry , substrate (aquarium) , scanning tunneling microscope , chemical physics , adsorption , catalysis , nanotechnology , molecule , benzene , molecular dynamics , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , oceanography , materials science , geology
Surface features and adsorbates perturb the electronic properties of the surrounding substrate surface. This modifies the adsorption, dynamics, and chemistry of nearby atoms and molecules. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we have imaged these perturbations and the resulting ordering and dynamics for benzene on Cu{111} at low temperature and dilute coverage. We discuss the important implications that substrate‐mediated interactions can have on the atomic‐scale mechanisms and control of film growth and heterogeneous selective catalysis.