Evolution of adsorption heights in the on-surface synthesis and decoupling of covalent organic networks on Ag(111) by normal-incidence X-ray standing wave
Lukas Grossmann, David A. Duncan, Samuel Jarvis, Robert G. Jones, Soumen De, Johanna Rosén, Michael Schmittel, Wolfgang M. Heckl, Jonas Björk, Markus Lackinger
Abstract
Adsorption heights were precisely measured by X-ray standing wave for three successive stages of on-surface synthesis: organometallic intermediates, covalent phenyl–triazine networks directly on Ag(111) and after decoupling with an iodine monolayer.
Topics & Concepts
Covalent bondScanning tunneling microscopeAdsorptionNetwork covalent bondingX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyChemistryMonolayerCrystallographyGroup 2 organometallic chemistryTriazineDesorptionMaterials scienceMoleculeChemical engineeringNanotechnologyPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryBiochemistryEngineeringSurface Chemistry and CatalysisSurface and Thin Film PhenomenaGraphene research and applications