Figure 1.
The products of TBN on Au(111) surface. a) STM image of TBN deposited on Au(111) at RT (I=5 pA, V=200 mV). Two dashed squares mark the area of minor structures, dimer (red square) and oligomeric species (blue square) respectively. Inset: A zoom‐in STM image of the monomer domain. b) A high‐resolution STM image of 3 surrounded by bromine atoms. c) nc‐AFM image of 3 with overlaid structural model. d) STM image of the sample after annealing at 420 K (I=5 pA, V=−0.20 V). A high‐resolution zoom‐in STM image is inset in d) (I=500 pA, V=−1 V). e), f) STM and AFM images of 5. (I=3 pA, V=−0.20 V, ΔZ=−175 pm), g), h) STM and AFM images of 6. (I=3 pA, V=−0.20 V, ΔZ=−150 pm), i), j) STM and AFM images of 7. (I=3 pA, V=−0.20 V, ΔZ=−190 pm), k), l) STM and AFM images of 8. (I=3 pA, V=−0.20 V, ΔZ=−185 pm), m) STM image of the sample after annealing at 470 K (I=5 pA, V=−0.20 V). n) Structural models of 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The white scale bars are 5 nm in (a), (d), (m), and 0.5 nm in the rest STM/nc‐AFM images.