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The adsorption and assembling of bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c) on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface have been investigated by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). BChl c molecules are found to self-organize a well-defined adlayer on HOPG surface with a monomeric structure different from the dimer association seen on adlayers of Chls a, c and BChlide c, d. A structural model is proposed for the adlayer.
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Jiang, Y., Xu, Q., Wan, L. et al. Direct observation of monomer film structure of bacteriochlorophyll c . Chin.Sci.Bull. 48, 2308–2311 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1360/03wb0060
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