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Surface-Confined Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Molecular Nanocranes for Chemically Lifting and Positioning C 60 above a Conducting Substrate
Abstract : 2D supramolecular self-assembly is a good way to form well-defined nanostructures on various substrates. One of the current challenges is to extend this approach to 3D functional building blocks. Here, we address this issue by providing a strategy for the controlled lifting and positioning of functional units above a graphitic substrate. This is the first time that multistory cyclophane-based 3D tectons incorporating C60 units have been designed and synthesized. Molecular modelling provides a description of the 3D geometries and evidences the flexible character of the building blocks. Despite this later feature, the supramolecular self-assembly of Janus tectons on HOPG yields well-ordered adlayers incorporating C60 arrays at well-defined mean distances from the surface. As our approach is not limited to C60, the results reported here open-up possibilities for applications where the topological and electronic interactions between the substrate and the functional unit are of prime importance.
https://hal-cea.archives-ouvertes.fr/cea-01483788
Contributor : Dominique Girard <>
Submitted on : Monday, March 6, 2017 - 2:40:53 PM
Last modification on : Friday, March 5, 2021 - 3:06:09 PM
Contributor : Dominique Girard <>
Submitted on : Monday, March 6, 2017 - 2:40:53 PM
Last modification on : Friday, March 5, 2021 - 3:06:09 PM
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