Insights into the Adsorption Behavior of a Prototype Functional Molecule : A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

Michael Lepper presents a detailed room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy study of Nickel-tetraphenyltetrabenzoporphyrin on Cu(111), a prototype system for the fabrication of functional molecular architectures. The peculiar adsorption behavior, in particular the observation of three different coexisting supramolecular arrangements and the identification of two different intramolecular conformations within one arrangement, yield valuable insights into the specific molecular interactions and the self-assembly process in general.

Michael Lepper finished his Master Thesis under the supervision of PD Dr. Hubertus Marbach at the Chair for Physical Chemistry II of Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, in which he is now working on his PhD thesis.