title: Study of C60/Au(110)-p(6x5) reconstruction from In-plane X-Ray diffraction data
abstract: Fullerene molecules absorbed on the highly anisotropic Au(110)-p(1x2) surface induce an ordered p(6x5) superstructure that has been solved by applying the 2D "direct methods" difference sum function to the surface x-ray diffraction data set. We found that the C (60)-gold interface is structurally much more complex than the one previously suggested by scanning tunneling microscopy data [J. K. Gimzewski, S. Modesti, and R. R. Schlittler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1036 (1994)]. Indeed a large fraction of Au surface atoms are displaced from their original positions producing microscopic pits that may accommodate the fullerene molecules.
authors.affiliation: I.S.M.-C.N.R., Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pedio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felici
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Torrelles
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capozi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rius
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrer