A study of C60 via scanning probe microscopy, Hückel, and Monte Carlo methods

The C60 molecule, in a number of different environments and configurations, was studied via a range of theoretical and experimental techniques. Experimentally, scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques were employed to firstly study orientational ordering in C...

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Main Author: Leaf, J.M.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44988/