Internal structure of C60 at 5K

LT-STM image of individual C60 molecules on Au(110)1x2 at T = 5 K; U = +0.37 V (at the sample), I = 0.17 nA, 2.4 nm x 2.8 nm. Details of the internal structure [1] become visible at low temperatures.


Courtesy of : H. Hoevel, B. Grimm, M. Pollmann, B. Reihl, Universitaet Dortmund
[1] R. Gaisch, R. Berndt, J.K. Gimzewski, B. Reihl, R.R. Schlittler, W.D. Schneider and M. Tschudy, Appl. Phys. A 57, 207 (1993), and references therein.

 
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