title: Epitaxial Templating of C60 with a Molecular Monolayer.
abstract: Commensurate epitaxial monolayers of truxenone on Cu (111) were employed to template the growth of monolayer and bilayer C60. Through the combination of STM imaging and LEED analysis we have demonstrated that C60 forms a commensurate 8 × 8 overlayer on truxenone/Cu (111). Bilayers of C60 retain the 8 × 8 periodicity of templated monolayers and although Kagome lattice arrangements are observed these are explained with combinations of 8 × 8 symmetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rochford
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Materials Research Institute and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London , Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Nielsen