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Crystallographic Processing of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of Cobalt Phthalocyanines on Silver and Graphite
MRS Proceedings (2011)
  • Peter Moeck, Portland State University
  • Jack C. Straton, Portland State University
  • M Toader
  • M. Hietschold
Abstract
Monolayers of cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) and fluorinated cobalt phthalocyanine (F16CoPc) on silver (111) and on highly (0001) oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) were imaged with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) at cryogenic temperatures (around 30 K) at Chemnitz University of Technology. Domains of regular arrays with periodicity in two dimensions (2D) and a variety of plane symmetries were observed. Crystallographic image processing (CIP) was used to quantify deviations from the plane symmetry groups and to obtain symmetrized versions of the content of the average unit cells of some of these arrays. Conclusions on the point symmetry of the CoPc and F16CoPc molecules within the arrays were drawn.
Keywords
  • Scanning probe microscopy,
  • Crystals -- Structure,
  • Nanostructured materials
Publication Date
2011
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2011 Materials Research Society
Citation Information
Peter Moeck, Jack C. Straton, M Toader and M. Hietschold. "Crystallographic Processing of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of Cobalt Phthalocyanines on Silver and Graphite" MRS Proceedings Vol. 1318 Iss. 1 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jack_straton/22/