Interaction control between endohedral metallofullerene and metal substrate by introducing alkanethiol self-assembled monolayer |
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Authors: | Yasutake Yuhsuke Shi Zujin Okazaki Toshiya Shinohara Hisanori Majima Yutaka |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The interaction control between endohedral metallofullerenes and a metal substrate has been demonstrated by introducing hexanethiol, octanethiol, and decanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as the interlayer. We observe the electric properties of terbium endohedral metallofullerenes (Tb@C82) on alkanethiol SAMs with different chain lengths by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). Based on the comparison of the high-resolution STM images of a Tb@C82 molecule on hexanethiol and octanethiol SAMs, the interaction between Tb@C82 and a hexanethiol SAM is found to be larger than that between Tb@C82 and an octanethiol SAM; this is because at 68 K, the rotational states of Tb@C82 terminate only on the hexanethiol SAM. Furthermore, we find that the tunneling current-voltage characteristics of Tb@C82 on the hexanethiol SAM show the rectifying effects that are also caused by the molecular energy level shifts of Tb@C82 molecules due to the large interaction. |
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