title: Entrapment of decanethiol in a hydrogen-bonded bimolecular template.
abstract: We have used scanning tunneling microscopy to investigate the deposition of 1-decanethiol onto a bimolecular self-assembled network composed of PTCDI (perylene tetracarboxylic diimide) and melamine on a Au(111) surface. A new laterally organized phase in which the pores of a parallelogram bimolecular arrangement trap two decanethiol molecules is identified. Disruption of the hexagonal PTCDI-melamine network arrangement after decanethiol deposition is also observed, providing insights about the interplay between supramolecular and substrate-adsorbate interactions.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Luís M A
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Perdigão
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Staniec
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Champness
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Beton