Coverage-Driven Electronic Decoupling of Fe-Phthalocyanine from a Ag(111) Substrate

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Contributors

  • T. G. Gopakumar - , Kiel University (Author)
  • T. Brumme - , Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden (Author)
  • J. Kroeger - , Ilmenau University of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Author)
  • C. Toher - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • G. Cuniberti - , Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden (Author)
  • R. Berndt - , Kiel University (Author)

Abstract

Coverage-dependent structural and electronic properties of Fe-phthalocyanine (FePc) molecules adsorbed on Ag(111) have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and density functional calculations. While spectra of single FePc molecules are dominated by a broad signature of Fe d orbitals, spectra of molecules in an ordered superstructure resolve spectroscopic contributions from individual d(z2) and d(xz)/d(yz) orbitals. Calculations suggest that an increased molecule surface distance in the superstructure and a change of the Ag(111) surface electronic structure cause the spectral changes, which are consistent with a partial electronic decoupling of the molecules from the substrate. A progressive evolution toward a gap around the Fermi level is observed for molecules on the first and second molecular layer.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12173-12179
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
Volume115
Issue number24
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jun 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 79959261568
WOS 000291709600037

Keywords

Keywords

  • Scanning-tunneling-microscopy, Energy-level alignment, Iron phthalocyanine, Self-organization, Charge-transport, Organic-metal, Spectroscopy, Molecules, Graphite, Layer