Electronic Resource
Woodbury, NY
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Applied Physics Letters
63 (1993), S. 1008-1010
ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We have observed the spiral growth of C60 grown on cleaved graphite using atomic force microscopy. Triangular terraces in the spirals consist of a monolayer of C60 having a 10 A(ring) step height which agrees well with (111) lattice constant of fcc-C60. One of the characteristic features of the C60 spiral is the presence of a line defect running from the spiral core and crossing the spiral terraces. As a result, the original helicoid plane transforms into a stack of terraces. We think the C60 spiral growth is terminated by the introduction of a line defect at the early stages of the film growth, resulting from the weak van der Waals forces.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.109879
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