A study of C60 via scanning probe microscopy, Hückel, and Monte Carlo methodsTools Leaf, J.M. (2017) A study of C60 via scanning probe microscopy, Hückel, and Monte Carlo methods. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThe C60 molecule, in a number of different environments and configurations, was studied via a range of theoretical and experimental techniques. Experimentally, scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques were employed to firstly study orientational ordering in C60 monolayers and multilayers, and subsequently, potassium doping of isolated C60 molecules, and C60 monolayers. A single C60 molecule was manipulated over successive K atoms, such that it is progressively doped, it was then studied via STM and AFM, where molecular charging was seen to influence both electronic structure and force characteristics. Two Monte Carlo simulations were written to investigate different aspects of C60 molecular kinetics on surfaces. The first is a novel simulation into the orientational ordering of C60 monolayers and multilayers, with the inclusion of a surface interaction. By pre-calculating a repulsive pairwise intermolecular interaction, using Hückel theory, hundreds of molecules in a molecular assembly could be efficiently simulated. Numerous complex monolayer and multilayer long range rotational configurations, as observed via STM from literature and our own experiments, were successfully modelled.
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