TY  - JOUR
AB  - Deposition of fullerenes on the CaF(2)(111) surface yields peculiar island morphologies with close similarities to previous findings for (100) surfaces of other ionic crystals. By means of noncontact atomic force microscopy we find a smooth transition from compact, triangular islands to branched hexagonal islands upon lowering the temperature. While triangular islands are two monolayers high, hexagonal islands have a base of one monolayer and exhibit a complicated structure with a second-layer outer rim and trenches oriented towards the interior. By developing a kinetic growth model we unravel the microscopic mechanisms of the structure formation.
DA  - 2011
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.016101
LA  - eng
IS  - 1
PY  - 2011
SN  - 0031-9007
T2  - Physical Review Letters
TI  - Second-Layer Induced Island Morphologies in Thin-Film Growth of Fullerenes
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138223
Y2  - 2024-11-22T06:19:06
ER  -