title: Self-assembly of nanosize coordination cages on si(100) surfaces.
abstract: Bottom-up fabrication of 3D organic nanostructures on Si(100) surfaces has been achieved by a two-step procedure. Tetradentate cavitand 1 was grafted on the Si surface together with 1-octene (Oct) as a spatial spectator by photochemical hydrosilylation. Ligand exchange between grafted cavitand 1 and self-assembled homocage 2, derived from cavitand 5 bearing a fluorescence marker, led to the formation of coordination cages on Si(100). Formation, quantification, and distribution of the nanoscale molecular containers on a silicon surface was assessed by using three complementary analytical techniques (AFM, XPS, and fluorescence) and validated by control experiments on cavitand-free silicon surfaces. Interestingly, the fluorescence of pyrene at approximately 4 nm above the Si(100) surface can be clearly observed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica ed Industriale University of Parma and INSTM UdR Parma V.le G. P. Usberti 17 A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
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authors.lastname: Busi
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authors.lastname: Laurenti
authors.forename: Guglielmo G
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authors.lastname: Condorelli
authors.forename: Alessandro
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authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Maria
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authors.lastname: Favazza
authors.forename: Ignazio L
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authors.lastname: Fragalà
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authors.lastname: Montalti
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authors.lastname: Prodi
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authors.lastname: Dalcanale