0389051 - FZÚ 2013 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Švec, Martin - Merino, P. - Dappe, Y.J. - González, C. - Abad, E. - Jelínek, Pavel - Martín-Gago, J.A.
van der Waals interactions mediating the cohesion of fullerenes on graphene.
Physical Review. B. Roč. 86, č. 12 (2012), "121407-1"-"121407-5". ISSN 1098-0121. E-ISSN 2469-9969
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP204/10/0952; GA AV ČR IAA100100905
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : STM * graphene * C60 * surface diffusion * DFT * vdW
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 3.767, year: 2012

Fullerenes on single-layer epitaxial graphene are a model system to study very faint interactions at a molecular level. By a variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope we have been able to study ordered fullerene layers at 40 K, exclusively bound by van der Waals interactions. The experimentally determined adsorption geometry of the molecules is computationally confirmed only if van der Waals interactions are included in the calculation formalism.
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