The Monolayer Structure of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons on Graphite

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Self-assembled monolayers are employed in the fabrication of organic transistors and organic- electronic devices. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a class of organic precursors made by multiply fused aromatic rings, have been particularly promising for optoelectronics applications. The diffusional properties of organic precursors are central in the self-assembly process. We have previously elucidated information on the dynamics of fluoranthene (a common PAH) on graphite and now seek to make complementary measurements of adsorbate structure. This work forms part of an extended study where measurements of benzene and pyrene have allowed us to postulate a correlation between molecular size and diffusion rate. The presence of a five-carbon ring in fluoranthene allows us to see the effect on the surface structure and dynamics of breaking the match in adsorbate-substrate symmetry.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.89472699
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/89472699
Provenance
Creator Dr Holly Hedgeland; Dr Marco Sacchi; Dr Chris Truscott; Dr Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2020
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-12-05T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-12-08T08:47:17Z