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Quasi one-dimensional band dispersion and surface metallization in long-range ordered polymeric wires

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  • Guillaume Vasseur

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Yannick Fagot-Revurat

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Muriel Sicot

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Bertrand Kierren

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Luc Moreau

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Daniel Malterre

    (Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine/CNRS)

  • Luis Cardenas

    (Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    IRCELYON, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon)

  • Gianluca Galeotti

    (Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Josh Lipton-Duffin

    (Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology (QUT))

  • Federico Rosei

    (Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institute for Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Marco Di Giovannantonio

    (Instituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR)

  • Giorgio Contini

    (Instituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR
    University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’)

  • Patrick Le Fèvre

    (Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin)

  • François Bertran

    (Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin)

  • Liangbo Liang

    (Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Vincent Meunier

    (Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Dmitrii F. Perepichka

    (McGill University)

Abstract

On-surface covalent self-assembly of organic molecules is a very promising bottom–up approach for producing atomically controlled nanostructures. Due to their highly tuneable properties, these structures may be used as building blocks in electronic carbon-based molecular devices. Following this idea, here we report on the electronic structure of an ordered array of poly(para-phenylene) nanowires produced by surface-catalysed dehalogenative reaction. By scanning tunnelling spectroscopy we follow the quantization of unoccupied molecular states as a function of oligomer length, with Fermi level crossing observed for long chains. Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy reveals a quasi-1D valence band as well as a direct gap of 1.15 eV, as the conduction band is partially filled through adsorption on the surface. Tight-binding modelling and ab initio density functional theory calculations lead to a full description of the band structure, including the gap size and charge transfer mechanisms, highlighting a strong substrate–molecule interaction that drives the system into a metallic behaviour.

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  • Guillaume Vasseur & Yannick Fagot-Revurat & Muriel Sicot & Bertrand Kierren & Luc Moreau & Daniel Malterre & Luis Cardenas & Gianluca Galeotti & Josh Lipton-Duffin & Federico Rosei & Marco Di Giovanna, 2016. "Quasi one-dimensional band dispersion and surface metallization in long-range ordered polymeric wires," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10235
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10235
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