- 著者
- Kanazawa Ken Taninaka Atsushi Takeuchi Osamu Shigekawa Hidemi
- 出版者
- American Physical Society
- 雑誌
- Physical review letters (ISSN:00319007)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.99, no.21, pp.216102, 2007-11
- 被引用文献数
- 15 13
The structures of two competing phases and their interrelationship in the self-organization of glycine molecules on a Cu(100) surface were clarified. Despite their similar structural energies predicted using first-principles calculation, completely different mechanisms were found to stabilize the two phases. The balance and coordination of the two mechanisms that induce a variety of self-assembled structures in this attractive system were revealed. Furthermore, the importance of the microscopic arrangement of the molecules in designing the macroscopic electronic structures was directly demonstrated.