AVS 51st International Symposium
    Surface Science Monday Sessions
       Session SS-MoP

Paper SS-MoP32
Extracting Single Molecule Statistics from Scanning Probe Images

Monday, November 15, 2004, 5:00 pm, Room Exhibit Hall B

Session: Poster Session
Presenter: B.A. Mantooth, The Pennsylvania State University
Authors: B.A. Mantooth, The Pennsylvania State University
E.C.H. Sykes, The Pennsylvania State University
P. Han, The Pennsylvania State University
P.S. Weiss, The Pennsylvania State University
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Scanning probe microscopes have enabled the unprecedented real-space visualization of single molecules and atoms on surfaces. Analyses of time-resolved sequences of these images allow the quantification of site-specific interactions and dynamics of adsorbed species. We have used scanning tunneling microscopy to probe and to quantify the weak substrate-mediated interactions in benzene overlayers on Au{111} at 4 K, and to characterize concerted motions of molecular cascades in these benzene overlayers. We use similar techniques to characterize the correlation of CO adsorption site with the charge density waves of the surface state of Ag{111}.