Influence of electrospray deposition on C₆₀ molecular assemblies.

ABSTRACT: Maintaining clean conditions for samples during all steps of preparation and investigation is important for scanning probe studies at the atomic or molecular level. For large or fragile organic molecules, where sublimation cannot be used, high-vacuum electrospray deposition is a good alternative. However, because this method requires the introduction into vacuum of the molecules from solution, clean conditions are more difficult to be maintained. Additionally, because the presence of solvent on the surface cannot be fully eliminated, one has to take care of its possible influence. Here, we compare the high-vacuum electrospray deposition method to thermal evaporation for the preparation of C₆₀ on different surfaces and compare, for sub-monolayer coverages, the influence of the de

SUBMITTER: Hinaut A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218541 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature