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@ARTICLE{Haags:1053956,
author = {Haags, Anja and Reichmann, Alexander and Ruan, Zilin and
Fan, Qitang and Egger, Larissa and Kirschner, Hans and
Naumann, Tim and Werner, Simon and Kleykamp, Olaf and
Martinez Castro, Jose and Lüpke, Felix and Bocquet,
François C. and Kumpf, Christian and Soubatch, Serguei and
Gottwald, Alexander and Koller, Georg and Ramsey, Michael G.
and Richter, Mathias and Sundermeyer, Jörg and Puschnig,
Peter and Gottfried, J. Michael and Tautz, F. Stefan and
Wenzel, Sabine},
title = {{M}ulti-{O}rbital {C}harge {T}ransfer into {N}onplanar
{C}ycloarenes {R}evealed with {CO}-{F}unctionalized {STM}
{T}ips},
journal = {The journal of physical chemistry letters},
volume = {17},
number = {5},
issn = {1948-7185},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS},
reportid = {FZJ-2026-01633},
pages = {1296–1304},
year = {2026},
abstract = {On-surface synthesis enables the tunable preparation of
diverse molecular systems with tailored properties.
Recently, the highly selective synthesis of kekulene
$(>99\%)$ on Cu(111) and isokekulene $(92\%)$ on Cu(110)
from the same molecular precursor was demonstrated. Scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) with CO-functionalized tips can
identify individual molecules based on their geometric
structure at low coverage on Cu(110) but also reveals
complex features arising from electronic contributions near
the Fermi energy. Here, we investigate the origin of these
features by simulating STM images based on a weighted sum of
multiple molecular orbitals, for which we employ weights
based on the calculated molecular-orbital projected density
of states. This analysis provides direct experimental
evidence for charge transfer from the surface into multiple
formerly unoccupied molecular orbitals for single molecules
of kekulene as well as isokekulene in its two nonplanar
adsorption configurations. In comparison, the
area-integrating photoemission orbital tomography technique
confirms the charge transfer as well as the high selectivity
for the formation of a full monolayer of predominantly
isokekulene on Cu(110). Our STM-based approach is applicable
to a wide range of adsorbed molecular systems and
specifically also suited for strongly interacting surfaces,
nonplanar molecules, and compounds accessible only in
extremely low yields.},
cin = {PGI-3},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
pnm = {5213 - Quantum Nanoscience (POF4-521) / SFB 1083 A12 -
Struktur und Anregungen von hetero-epitaktischen
Schichtsystemen aus schwach wechselwirkenden 2D-Materialien
und molekularen Schichten (A12) (385975694) / ML4Q - Machine
Learning for Quantum (101120240) / Orbital Cinema -
Photoemission Orbital Cinematography: An ultrafast wave
function lab (101071259)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5213 / G:(GEPRIS)385975694 /
G:(EU-Grant)101120240 / G:(EU-Grant)101071259},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03268},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1053956},
}