Molecular dopant determines the structure of a physisorbed self-assembled molecular network

Roelof Steeno, Andrea Minoia, Maria C. Gimenez-Lopez, Matthew O. Blunt, Neil R. Champness, Roberto Lazzaroni, Kunal S. Mali, Steven De Feyter

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Abstract

A small percentage of an impurity was shown,viascanning tunneling microscopy, to drastically change the on-surface self-assembly behavior of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, by initiating the nucleation and growth of a different polymorph. Molecular modelling simulations were used to shed further light onto the dopant-controlled assembly behaviour.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1454-1457
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume57
Issue number12
Early online date13 Jan 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Mr Brent Daelemans (KU Leuven) for his assistance with the NMR and ESI-MS. The authors also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Fund of Scientific Research Flanders (FWO), KU Leuven – Internal Funds (C14/19/079). This work was in part supported by FWO and FNRS under EOS 30489208. The modelling studies are supported by FNRS (CÉCI, under Grant 2.5020.11) and by Wallonie (ZENOBE Tier-1 facility, grant 1117545).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • General Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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