title: Templating an organic array with Si(111)-7×7.
abstract: We demonstrate that nearest neighbor molecular adsorption can be sterically hindered on the Si(111)-7×7 surface reconstruction. This breaks the energetic equivalence of corner and edge di-σ attachment geometries and allows a translationally ordered organic layer to be templated directly on the 7×7 reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.
authors.forename: Alfred J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Weymouth
authors.forename: Roberto H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Graham J A
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Edge
authors.forename: Gyaneshwar P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Alastair B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012825:Silicon