The composition and structure of the ubiquitous hydrocarbon contamination on van der Waals materials

A Pálinkás, G Kálvin, P Vancsó, K Kandrai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The behavior of single layer van der Waals (vdW) materials is profoundly influenced by the
immediate atomic environment at their surface, a prime example being the myriad of …

In-plane and out-of-plane interaction analysis of adsorbates on multilayer graphene and graphite by multifrequency atomic force microscopy

AL Eichhorn, M Hoffer, C Dietz - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene and graphite are generally considered as materials exhibiting friction anisotropy.
However, it was demonstrated by friction force microscopy experiments that friction …

[HTML][HTML] Two-dimensional molecular networks at the solid/liquid interface and the role of alkyl chains in their building blocks

S Liu, Y Norikane, Y Kikkawa - Beilstein Journal of …, 2023 - beilstein-journals.org
Nanoarchitectonics has attracted increasing attention owing to its potential applications in
nanomachines, nanoelectronics, catalysis, and nanopatterning, which can contribute to …

Chiral Adsorption Conformations of Long-Chain n-Alkanes Induced by Lattice Mismatch

L Verstraete, T Rinkovec, H Cao… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The adsorption and self-assembly of n-alkanes on graphite not only find value in
applications related to lubrication and surface passivation but are also of fundamental …

Epitaxially self-assembled alkane layers for graphene electronics

YJ Yu, GH Lee, JI Choi, YS Shim, CH Lee, SJ Kang… - Advanced Materials, 2016 - osti.gov
The epitaxially grown alkane layers on graphene are prepared by a simple drop-casting
method and greatly reduce the environmentally driven do** and charge impurities in …

Compression-Induced Conformation and Orientation Changes in an n-Alkane Monolayer on a Au(111) Surface

O Endo, M Nakamura, K Amemiya, H Ozaki - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The influence of the preparation method and adsorbed amount of n-tetratetracontane (n-
C44H90) on its orientation in a monolayer on the Au (111) surface is studied by near carbon …

Molecular dynamics simulations on the orientation of n-alkanes with different lengths on graphene

YF Liu, H Yang, ZM Zhang, H Zhang - Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The orientation of molecules on surface is very important in the design of nanomaterials.
Molecular dynamics simulation was used to study the mechanism of n-alkane molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum chemical modeling of alkane 2D monolayer formation on graphene

ES Kartashynska - JCIS Open, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper presents a quantum chemical approach for assessment of the thermodynamic
parameters of association for alkanes C n H 2n+ 2 (n= 6–14) and polyaromatic …

Properties of functionalized carbon nanotubes and their interaction with a metallic substrate investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy

VD Pham, V Repain, C Chacon, A Bellec… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) allows the combination of the
remarkable physical properties of these one-dimensional systems with the properties of the …

Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectra of linear n-alkanes: Variation with chain length

S Shokatian, S Urquhart - Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of chain length on the carbon 1s Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
(NEXAFS) spectra of linear n-alkanes has been examined with Transition Potential Density …