Abstract

The epitaxial growth of p-sexiphenyl (C 36H 26, 6P) on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). 6P molecules prefer epitaxial growth with the long axis along the [110] direction (armchair direction) of the HOPG substrate, with the unit cell parameters b 1 = 0.67 ± 0.06 nm, b 2 = 5.97 ± 0.06 nm and angle of 88 ± 3° between them. The relation of the 6P overlayer lattice vectors with the HOPG substrate has also been deduced, i.e. the 5 × 1 supercell is in a point-on-point commensurate relation with respect to the HOPG substrate surface.

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