Complementary vibrational and reflectance anisotropy spectroscopic determination of molecular azimuthal orientation

C C Perry, B G Frederick, J R Power, R J Cole, S Haq, Q Chen, N V Richardson, P Weightman

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Abstract

Azimuthal orientations of 9-anthracene carboxylate (9-AC) on clean and p(2 x 1)O/Cu(110) surfaces were determined from a reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy (RAS) signal derived from an intramolecular electronic transition, The magnitude of the molecular signal on the p(2 x 1)O/Cu(110) surface is 4-5 times larger than on the clean surface, We present a complete vibrational assignment of adsorbed 9-AC based on Fourier transform infrared and on- and off-specular high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) and ab initio calculations. Correlation of the off-specular HREELS on p(2 x 1)O/Cu(110) with the RAS results demonstrates that the magnitude of the RAS signal depends on the degree of azimuthal orientation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)446-451
Number of pages6
JournalSurface Science
Volume428
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 1999

Keywords

  • ab initio
  • 9-anthracene carboxylic acid
  • chemisorption
  • high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy
  • reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy
  • reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy
  • vibrational spectroscopy
  • DIFFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY
  • INFRARED-SPECTRA
  • CRYSTAL-GROWTH
  • CU(110)
  • SURFACES
  • SEMICONDUCTOR
  • PERIODICITY
  • ANTHRACENE
  • SYSTEMS
  • HREELS

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