Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies
Claims that dynamic force microscopy has the capability to resolve intermolecular bonds in real space continue to be vigorously debated. To date, studies have been restricted to planar molecular assemblies with small separations between neighboring molecules. Here we report the observation of interm...
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| author | Jarvis, Samuel Paul Rashid, Mohammad Abdur Sweetman, Adam Leaf, Jeremy Taylor, Simon Moriarty, Philip Dunn, Janette |
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| description | Claims that dynamic force microscopy has the capability to resolve intermolecular bonds in real space continue to be vigorously debated. To date, studies have been restricted to planar molecular assemblies with small separations between neighboring molecules. Here we report the observation of intermolecular artifacts over much larger distances in 2D assemblies of C60 molecules, with compelling evidence that in our case the tip apex is terminated by a C60 molecule (rather than the CO termination typically exploited in ultrahigh resolution force microscopy). The complete absence of directional interactions such as hydrogen or halogen bonding, the nonplanar structure of C60, and the fullerene termination of the tip apex in our case highlight that intermolecular artifacts are ubiquitous in dynamic force microscopy. |
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| spelling | nottingham-317352020-05-04T17:26:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31735/ Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies Jarvis, Samuel Paul Rashid, Mohammad Abdur Sweetman, Adam Leaf, Jeremy Taylor, Simon Moriarty, Philip Dunn, Janette Claims that dynamic force microscopy has the capability to resolve intermolecular bonds in real space continue to be vigorously debated. To date, studies have been restricted to planar molecular assemblies with small separations between neighboring molecules. Here we report the observation of intermolecular artifacts over much larger distances in 2D assemblies of C60 molecules, with compelling evidence that in our case the tip apex is terminated by a C60 molecule (rather than the CO termination typically exploited in ultrahigh resolution force microscopy). The complete absence of directional interactions such as hydrogen or halogen bonding, the nonplanar structure of C60, and the fullerene termination of the tip apex in our case highlight that intermolecular artifacts are ubiquitous in dynamic force microscopy. American Physical Society 2015-12-15 Article PeerReviewed Jarvis, Samuel Paul, Rashid, Mohammad Abdur, Sweetman, Adam, Leaf, Jeremy, Taylor, Simon, Moriarty, Philip and Dunn, Janette (2015) Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies. Physical Review B, 92 (24). pp. 1405-1. ISSN 1550-235X http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241405 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241405 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241405 |
| spellingShingle | Jarvis, Samuel Paul Rashid, Mohammad Abdur Sweetman, Adam Leaf, Jeremy Taylor, Simon Moriarty, Philip Dunn, Janette Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title | Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title_full | Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title_fullStr | Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title_short | Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies |
| title_sort | intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of c60 assemblies |
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