Exploring the transferability of large supramolecular assemlies to the vacuum-solid interface

Wei Xu, Mingdong Dong, H. Gersen, M.S. Vazquez Campos, Sergio Andrés Vázquez-Córdova, Xavier Bouju, Erik Laegsgaard, Ivan Stensgaard, Mercedes Crego Calama, David Reinhoudt, Trolle R. Linderoth, Flemming Besenbacher

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Abstract

We present an interplay of high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy imaging and the corresponding theoretical calculations based on elastic scattering quantum chemistry techniques of the adsorption of a gold-functionalized rosette assembly and its building blocks on a Au(111) surface with the goal of exploring how to fabricate functional 3-D molecular nanostructures on surfaces. The supramolecular rosette assembly stabilized by multiple hydrogen bonds has been sublimed onto the Au(111) surface under ultra-high vacuum conditions; the resulting surface nanostructures are distinctly different from those formed by the individual molecular building blocks of the rosette assembly, suggesting that the assembly itself can be transferred intact to the surface by in situ thermal sublimation. This unanticipated result will open up new perspectives for growth of complex 3-D supramolecular nanostructures at the vacuum-solid interface.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)535-542
Number of pages8
JournalNano research
Volume2
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • surface nanostructures
  • Hydrogen bonding
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • IR-85870
  • Supramolecular assembly
  • METIS-263207
  • Self-Assembly

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