title: Mesoscopic self-organization of a self-assembled supramolecular rectangle on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and Au(111) surfaces.
abstract: A self-assembled supramolecular metallacyclic rectangle was investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and Au(111) surfaces. The rectangles spontaneously adsorb on both surfaces and self-organize into well ordered adlayers. On highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, the long edge of the rectangle stands on the surface, forming a 2D molecular network. In contrast, the face of the rectangle lays flat on the Au(111) surface, forming linear chains. The structures and intramolecular features obtained through high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy imaging are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Ru
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Qun-Hui
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Chun-Li
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Hershel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jude
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Stang
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling
chemical_list: D006046:Gold; D006108:Graphite