简介:Theadsorptionandelectronicpropertiesofisolatedcobaltphthalocyanine(CoPc)moleculeonanultrathinlayerofNaClhavebeeninvestigated.High-resolutionSTMimagesgiveadetailedpictureofthelowestunoccupiedmolecularorbital(LUMO)ofanisolatedCoPc.ItisshownthattheNaClultrathinlayerefficientlydecouplestheinteractionofthemoleculesfromtheunderneathmetalsubstrate,whichmakesitanidealsubstrateforstudyingthepropertiesofsinglemolecules.Moreover,strongdependenceoftheappearanceofthemoleculesonthesamplebiasintheregionofrelativelyhighbias(>3.1V)isascribedtotheimagepotentialstates(IPSs)ofNaCl/Cu(100),whichmayprovideuswithapossiblemethodtofabricatequantumstoragedevices.