Phthalocyanine adsorption on Au(1 1 0): 1D ordering and adaptive reconstruction.

The adsorption of metal-free phthalocyanine molecules on an anisotropic Au(1 1 0)(1  ×  2) surface has been studied with ultraviolet (UV) photoemission, low-energy electron diffraction and low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. In all cases, the molecules form rows in the [1 [Formula: see text] 0] direction, i.e.

Distribution of Pd clusters on ultrathin, epitaxial TiO x films on Pt3Ti(111).

Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) was used to investigate the nucleation and growth of palladium clusters on two different, ultrathin, epitaxial, titania films grown on a Pt3Ti(111) surface. The first oxide phase, z'-TiO x , is anisotropic and consists of parallel stripes separated by trenches. Defects (i.