The simulation of the STM image of a hydrocarbon tail of a fatty acid was carried out and compared to the experimental results. The simulation procedure includes calculations of the distribution of an isolated molecule electronic density by the extended Huckel-Hoffmann method. An agreement between the calculated and experimental STM images of closely packed Langmuir-Blodgett film of cobalt behenate on the graphite surface was observed. The weak interactions between the graphite surface and the adsorbed molecules constituting bi- and multilayer Langmuir-Blodgett films can be neglected in simulations of STM images.
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