title: Towards surface-supported supramolecular architectures: tailored coordination assembly of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate and Fe on Cu(100).
abstract: We present a comprehensive investigation of the modular assembly of surface-supported metal-organic coordination systems with specific topologies and high structural stability formed by vapor deposition of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid molecules and iron atoms on a Cu(100) surface under ultra-high vacuum conditions. By making use of the two carboxylate moieties available for lateral linkage to Fe atoms, we succeeded in the fabrication of distinct Fe-carboxylate coordination architectures at the surface by carefully adjusting the ligand and metal concentration ratio and the temperature of the post-deposition annealing treatment. The mononuclear, 1D-polymeric and fully 2D-reticulated metallosupramolecular arrangements obtained were characterized in situ at the single-molecule level by scanning tunneling microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Magalí A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lingenfelder
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spillmann
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dmitriev
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stepanow
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Johannes V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kern