AFM studies of C60 single crystal grown by the Pizzarello method

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Murakami, K
Matsumoto, K
Nagatomo, H
Schönherr, E
Wojnowski, M
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[1] Shizuoka Univ, Elect Res Inst, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432, Japan
[2] Max Planck Inst Festkorperforsch, D-70569 Stuttgart 80, Germany
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10.1016/S0304-3991(97)00154-X
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Single crystals of the fullerene C-60 are grown by the Pizzarello method from the vapor phase in argon atmosphere. In most cases, crystals contained (1 1 1) twinning planes. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed triangular structures on the (1 1 1) surface of C-60 single crystals. In the molecular-scale images, C-60 molecules were resolved in a FCC structure with a spacing of 9.5 +/- 0.4 Angstrom between adjacent molecules. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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