Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, 2 Volumes

2Atomic-scale Study of Fullerene Molecules on Semiconductor Surfaces

R.Z. Bakhtizin¹ and A.I. Oreshkin²

¹Bashkir State University, Department of Physical Electronics and Nanophysics, 32 Zaki Validi Street, Ufa 450076, Russia

²Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Quantum Electronics, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia

2.1 Introduction

Organic materials are becoming popular and important components of the modern electronic devices. The study of carbon materials has attracted growing interest in recent years, due to the discovery of new allotropic forms of carbon (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene). These discoveries were rewarded with prestigious scientific prizes and opened up new possibilities ...