• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2012

Covalently bonded halogen ligands possess unusual charge distributions, attracting both electrophilic and nucleophilic molecular ligands to form halogen bonds. In many biochemical systems, halogen bonds coexist with hydrogen bonds, being complementary to them due to their similar bond strength and dissimilardirectionality. In this study, we directly visualize the individual molecular configuration of chlorinated 1,5-dichloroanthraquinone and brominated 1,5-dibromoanthraquinone molecules on Au(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy. The precise arrangements of observed molecular structures were explained in the context of halogen and hydrogen bonds. We discuss the distances and the strengths of the observed halogen and hydrogen bonds, which are consistent with previous bulk data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.318-318
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• 2011

Etching of an ultrathin aluminum oxide film on NiAl(110) substrate by methanol is studied by home-built scanning tunneling microscopy at room-temperature. We deposited liquid methanol on thin alumina film by using a high speed solenoid valve suitable for deposition of thermally unstable molecules. It is found that only the reflection domain boundary between two domains was preferentially etched by methanol. Since the reflection domain boundary has many oxygen vacancies and irregular structures, judging from the fact, we assume that oxygen vacancies cause the chemically reactive phenomena of methanol in reflection domain boundary on an alumina film. The reactivity of the reflection domain boundary is attributed to the oxygen vacancies due to irregular structures. Similar reactivity is found on the oxygen deficient alumina produced on top of the intact alumina.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TE
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.29-33
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• 2002

Various nanometer-scale structures are fabricated on hydrogen-passivated p-type Si(100) surface by scanning probe microscopy(SPM). The hydrogen-passivation is performed by dipping the samples in diluted 10% HF solution for one min.. Pt alloy wires are used for tips and the tips are made by cutting the wires at 45$^{\circ}$ slanted. Various line features are fabricated in various bias voltage. The optimal structure is the line of about 30 nm width on 1.7V bias voltage and 1 nA tunneling current.  

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.4155-4160
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• 2012

We characterized the physisorption of p-iodo-phenyl octadecyl ether molecules (I-POE) onto superlattice regions of graphite surfaces using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The formation of self-organized I-POE monolayers does not affect the overall structures of moir$\acute{e}$ patterns and their modulation periods. However, the packing density of the I-POE monolayer and the orientations of lamella structures were sensitive to the underlying superlattice structure. Depending on the bias voltage, the STM images selectively showed moir$\acute{e}$ pattern, I-POE layer, or both. Reflecting the local density of states at a certain energy level, the STM images thereby revealed the relative energy level scale of the superlattice with respect to the molecular orbitals of I-POE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.108-111
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• 2003

Currently, molecular devices are reported utilizing active self-assembled monolayers containing the nitro group as the active component, which has active redox centers[1]. We confirm the electrical properties of 4,4-di(ethynylphenyl)-2'-nitro-1-benzenethiolate. To deposit the SAM layer onto gold electrode, we transfer the prefabricated Au(111) substrates into a 1mM self-assembly molecules in THF solution. Au(111) substrates were prepared by ion beam sputtering method of gold onto the silicon wafer. As a result, we measured current-voltage curve using ultra high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (UHV STM), I-V curve also clearly shows several current peaks between the negative bias region (-0.3958V) and the positive bias region (0.4658V), respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.353-353
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• 2010

Alcohol is a vesatile polar solvent for molecules. As a preparation to deposit large molecules, we studied interaction of solvent molecules on metallic surface. in this work, we report on methanol adsorption on NiAl(110) with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). These alcohol solvent molecules were deposited by a pulse injection method suitable for deposition of thermally unstable molecules. The injection of liquid alcohol onto the substrate in UHV was performed by using a high-speed solenoid valve with the back-pressure reduced down to 100 Torr. This technique allowed precise control over the amount of dosing of molecules to less than 1 L. Alcohol-induced features, attributed to methoxy, were found on bare NiAl(110) surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.89-89
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• 2012

Arrangement of individual atoms and molecules with atomic precision and understanding the resulting properties at the molecular level are ultimate goals of chemistry, biology, and materials science. For the past three decades, scanning probe microscopy has made strides towards these goals through the direct observation of individual atoms and molecules, enabling the discovery of new and unexpected phenomena. This talk will discuss the origin of forces governing motion of small organic molecules and their extended self-assembly into two-dimensional surface structures by direct observation of individual molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2011

Arrangement of individual atoms and molecules with atomic precision and understanding the resulting properties at the molecular level are ultimate goals of chemistry, biology, and materials science. For the past three decades, scanning probe microscopy has made strides towards these goals through the direct observation of individual atoms and molecules, enabling the discovery of new and unexpected phenomena. This talk will discuss the origin of forces governing motion of small organic molecules and their extended self-assembly into two-dimensional surface structures by direct observation of individual molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). In addition, atomic force microscopy (AFM) is utilized for the investigation of fundamental mechanisms of bone mineral dissolution by examining atomically well characterized simulated bone minerals under aqueous solution environments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1995.06a
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• pp.122-122
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1995.06a
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• pp.124-124
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• 1995