Multiscale analysis of phase transformations in self-assembled layers of 4,4 '-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid on the Ag(001) surface

0539687 - FZÚ 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Procházka, P. - Gosalvez, M.A. - Kormoš, L. - De La Torre Cerdeño, Bruno - Gallardo Caparrós, Aurelio Jesús - Alberdi-Rodriguez, J. - Chutora, T. - Makoveev, A.O. - Shahsavar, A. - Arnau, A. - Jelínek, Pavel - Čechal, J.
Multiscale analysis of phase transformations in self-assembled layers of 4,4 '-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid on the Ag(001) surface.
ACS Nano. Roč. 14, č. 6 (2020), s. 7269-7279. ISSN 1936-0851. E-ISSN 1936-086X
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2018110
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : nc-AFM * phase transition * on surface chemistry * molecular assembling * DFT
OECD category: Physical chemistry
Impact factor: 15.881, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02491

Understanding the nucleation and growth kinetics of thin films is a prerequisite for their large-scale utilization in devices. For self-assembled molecular phases near thermodynamic equilibrium the nucleation–growth kinetic models are still not developed. Here, we employ real-time low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) to visualize a phase transformation induced by the carboxylation of 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid on Ag(001) under ultra-high-vacuum conditions. The initial alpha and transformed beta molecular phases are characterized in detail by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, single-domain low-energy electron diffraction, room-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, noncontact atomic force microscopy, and density functional theory calculations.

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