title: Preferential trapping of C60 in nanomesh voids.
abstract: Surface nanotemplate-assisted molecular assembly offers great potential in the "bottom-up" construction of addressable molecular architectures for device miniaturization. Here, we report the fabrication of an extended 2D C60 nanomesh featuring a well-ordered nanocavity array by controlling the binary molecular phases of C60 and pentacene on Ag(111). Using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, we demonstrate that the C60 nanomesh can serve as an effective template to selectively accommodate guest C60 molecules at the cavity sites, thereby leading to the formation of an ordered 2D C60 array.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore.
authors.forename: Hong Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Andrew Thye Shen
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Wee
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009279:Naphthacenes / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D009279:Naphthacenes; D012834:Silver; C523499:pentacene; C069837:fullerene C60