Ou-Yang, Hui and Marcus, R. A. and Källebring, Bruno (1994) Scanning tunneling microscopy theory for an adsorbate: Application to adenine adsorbed on a graphite surface. Journal of Chemical Physics, 100 (10). pp. 7814-7824. ISSN 0021-9606. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:OUYjcp94
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Abstract
An expression is obtained for the current in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for a single adsorbate molecule. For this purpose the ``Newns–Anderson'' treatment (a ``discrete state in a continuum'' treatment) is used to obtain wave functions and other properties of the adsorbate/substrate system. The current is expressed in terms of the adsorbate–tip matrix elements, and an effective local density of states of the adsorbate/substrate system, at the adsorbate. As an example, the treatment is applied to the STM image of adenine adsorbed on a graphite surface, and the results are compared with experiment. The dependence of the image on the position of adenine with respect to the underlying graphite is considered. A discussion is given of the type of experimental STM data needed for suitable comparison of theory and experiment. In an analysis of the calculations, the role of each atom, its neighbors, next nearest neighbors, etc., in an adsorbed molecule is considered. The need for using in the present calculation more orbitals than only the HOMO and the LUMO of the adsorbate is also noted.
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Additional Information: | Copyright © 1994 American Institute of Physics (Received 19 January 1994; accepted 3 February 1994) It is a pleasure to acknowledge the support of this research by the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and by the International Joint Research Program of NEDO (Japan). We are also pleased to acknowledge use of the resources of the JPL/Caltech CRAY Supercomputer. Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics Contribution No. 8777. | ||||||
Subject Keywords: | MOLECULES; ADSORBATES; STM; WAVE FUNCTIONS; ENERGY–LEVEL DENSITY; ADENINES; GRAPHITE; MATRIX ELEMENTS | ||||||
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