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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 100, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.036807
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Codeposition of C(60) and the three-dimensional molecular hydrocarbon 1,3,5,7-tetraphenyladamantane (TPA) on Au(111) leads to the spontaneous formation of molecular nanostructures in which each fullerene is locked into a specific orientation by three surrounding TPA. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy shows that the electronic coupling of C(60) with the surface is significantly reduced in these nanostructures, enhancing the free-molecule properties. As evidenced by density functional theory simulations, the nanostructures are stabilized by 18 local electrostatic forces between C(60) and TPA, resulting in a lifting of the C(60) cage from the surface.
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