• 文献标题:   Atomic-Resolution Imaging of Small Organic Molecules on Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KHAREL P, JANICEK BE, BAE SH, LOUTRIS AL, CARMICHAEL PT, HUANG PY
  • 作者关键词:   structure determination, small organic molecule, scanning transmission electron microscopy, atomic resolution, graphene support
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00213
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Here, we demonstrate atomic-resolution scanning transmission electronmicroscopy (STEM) imaging of light elements in small organic molecules on graphene.We use low-dose, room-temperature, aberration-corrected STEM to image 2Dmonolayer and bilayer molecular crystals, followed by advanced image processingmethods to create high-quality composite images from similar to 102-104individual molecules.In metalated porphyrin and phthalocyanine derivatives, these images contain anelementally sensitive contrast with up to 1.3 A resolution???sufficient to distinguishindividual carbon and nitrogen atoms. Importantly, our methods can be applied tomolecules with low masses (similar to 0.6 kDa) and nanocrystalline domains containing just a few hundred molecules, making it possible tostudy systems for which large crystals cannot easily be grown. Our approach is enabled by low-background graphene substrates,which we show increase the molecules'critical dose by 2-7x. These results indicate a new route for low-dose, atomic-resolutionelectron microscopy imaging to solve the structures of small organic molecules