Title :
Crystallographic STM image processing of 2D periodic and highly symmetric molecule arrays
Author :
Moeck, Peter ; Bilyeu, Taylor T. ; Straton, Jack C. ; Toader, Marius ; Hietschold, Michael ; Mazur, Ursula ; Hipps, Kerry W. ; Rabe, Jürgen P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
Crystallographic Image Processing (CIP) is applied to experimental Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) images of regular (2D periodic) arrays of organic molecules on noble metal substrates. The crystallographically averaged (surface) lattices, structural motifs, and plane symmetry groups of the arrays are determined. An assessment of the samples with the goal of utilizing highly symmetric molecular arrays as calibration samples for STM is made. A brief introduction to the CIP procedures is given in an appendix.
Keywords :
calibration; crystal symmetry; crystallography; organic compounds; periodic structures; scanning tunnelling microscopy; 2D periodic arrays; calibration; crystallographic STM image processing; crystallographically averaged lattices; highly symmetric molecule arrays; noble metal substrates; organic molecules; plane symmetry groups; regular arrays; scanning tunneling microscopy images; structural motifs; Arrays; Calibration; Gold; Imaging; Lattices; Silver; Vectors; Image Processing; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Surface Crystallography;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2011 11th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1514-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9399
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2011.6144508
