title: Adsorption of a dihydro-TTF derivative on Au(111) via a thiolate complex bonding to gold adatoms.
abstract: A dihydro-TTF derivative with four acetyl-protected thiol ligands was synthesised and adsorbed on Au(111) under UHV conditions. Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and Infrared (IR) spectroscopy show that self-organised structures are formed following annealing to 333 K, with each pair of bidentate thiolate ligands bonding to a single gold adatom in a S-Auad-S complex. Due to the lack of a direct orbital overlap between the dihydro-TTF moieties and the surface, relatively little charge transfer between TAT-TTF and the gold surface occurs.
authors: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9ST, UK. neville.richardson@st-andrews.ac.uk raa@st-andrews.ac.uk.
authors: Siddharth J
authors: SJ
authors: Jethwa
authors: Federico
authors: F
authors: Grillo
authors: Herbert A
authors: HA
authors: Früchtl
authors: Grant J
authors: GJ
authors: Simpson
authors: Michael-John
authors: MJ
authors: Treanor
authors: Renald
authors: R
authors: Schaub
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Francis
authors: Neville V
authors: NV
authors: Richardson
authors: R Alan
authors: RA
authors: Aitken