Directing two-dimensional molecular crystallization using guest templates.
The use of a coronene guest template directs the formation of a 2D Kagomé network in preference to alternative close packed and parallel hydrogen-bonded structures of tetracarboxylic acid tectons self-assembled from solution on a graphite surface.
Blunt
Matthew
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School of Physics and Astronomy University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD.
Lin
Xiang
X
Gimenez-Lopez
Maria del Carmen
Mdel C
Schröder
Martin
M
Champness
Neil R
NR
Beton
Peter H
PH