Summary
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Techniques
 2.1 Auger electron spectroscopy
 2.2 Low-energy electron diffraction
 2.3 Scanning tunneling microscopy
 2.4 X-ray absorption spectroscopy
 2.5 X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
 2.6 Density functional theory
3 C₆₀ on WO₂/W(110)
 3.1 Experimental details
 3.2 C₆₀
 3.3 WO₂/W(110)
 3.4 Growth and topography of the C₆₀ film
 3.5 Rotational transitions in the C₆₀ thin film
 3.6 Charge transfer and rotation
 3.7 Conclusions
4 NiDPP on Ag(111) and Ag/Si(111)
 4.1 Experimental details
 4.2 Porphyrins
 4.3 Ag(111) and Ag/Si(111): similarities and differences
 4.4 Exploiting surface reactivity for NiDPP self-assembly
 4.5 Conclusions
5 MnClTPP on Ag(111)
 5.1 Experimental details
 5.2 MnClTPP
 5.3 MnClTPP self-assembly
 5.4 Axial ligand transformation
 5.5 Conclusions
6 Discussion & Conclusions
 6.1 Future work
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