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Experimental Observation of Island-Type Films of C60F18 Polar Molecules on the Surface of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite

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The paper is devoted to the study of the adsorption of C60F18 fullerene fluoride molecules with high dipole moment on a graphene-like surface in order to investigate the possibility of creating interfaces with given physical and chemical characteristics and controlling their properties. Using atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations, the island structure of thin films of C60F18 polar molecules on the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite has been first found. The chemical stability of fluorinated fullerene molecules in the adsorbed film and the island growth of the film according to the Volmer–Weber mechanism up to large degrees of coverage have been established. The nature of the interaction between adsorbate molecules and the substrate has been determined. The influence of collective electrostatic effects on the structure of the monolayer, the total energy of the system, and the shift of the core electronic levels have been concluded.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to Prof. L.N. Sidorov and Dr. Sc. A.A. Goryunkov (Chemistry Department of the Moscow State M.V. Lomonosov University) for providing C60F18 powder, and also to K.I. Maslakov, Yu.V. Grishchenko, I.O. Mayboroda and M.L. Zanaveskin (NRC “Kurchatov Institute”) for assistance in conducting measurements.

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The work was supported by the NRC “Kurchatov Institute” (order from 25 October 2018, no. 2683).

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    A. V. Goryachevskiy, L. P. Sukhanov, A. M. Lebedev, K. A. Menshikov, N. Yu. Svechnikov, R. G. Chumakov & V. G. Stankevich

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, Russia

    L. P. Sukhanov

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Goryachevskiy, A.V., Sukhanov, L.P., Lebedev, A.M. et al. Experimental Observation of Island-Type Films of C60F18 Polar Molecules on the Surface of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite. J. Surf. Investig. 13, 934–940 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102745101905029X

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