title: Formation and observation of dimers of a metal complex with long alkyl side chains aligned on a graphite surface.
abstract: Scanning tunnelling microscope was successfully applied to observe self-assembled molecular images of (bis(5-dodecylsalicylidene)ethylenediaminato)nickel(II) in the form of dimers on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamura