Self-assembled honeycomb lattice in the monolayer on Cu(111) shows Dirac electron signature

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2015年12月22日

Self-assembled honeycomb lattice in the monolayer of cyclic thiazyl diradical BDTDA (= 4,4′-bis(1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl)) on Cu(111) with a zero-bias tunneling spectra anomaly

Masayuki Yamamoto, Rie Suizu, Sudipta Dutta, Puneet Mishra, Tomonobu Nakayama, Kazuyuki Sakamoto, Katsunori Wakabayashi, Takashi Uchiahashi, and Kunio Awaga

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) observation reveals that a cyclic thiazyl diradical, BDTDA (= 4,4′-bis(1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl)), forms a well-ordered monolayer honeycomb lattice consisting of paramagnetic corners with unpaired electrons on a clean Cu(111) surface. This BDTDA lattice is commensurate with the triangular lattice of Cu(111), with the former being 3 × 3 larger than the latter. The formation of the BDTDA monolayer structure, which is significantly different from its bulk form, is attributed to an interaction with the metal surface as well as the intermolecular assembling forces. STM spectroscopy measurements on the BDTDA molecules indicate the presence of a characteristic zero-bias anomaly centered at the Fermi energy. The origin of this zero-bias anomaly is discussed in terms of the Dirac cones inherent to the honeycomb structure.

 

Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 18359 (2015)

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18359

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