title: Linear dislocation tunes chirality: STM study of chiral transition and amplification in a molecular assembly on an HOPG surface.
abstract: Molecular arrangement and transition in the domain boundary of a chiral two-dimensional assembly is clearly revealed by high-resolution STM images on an HOPG surface and a linear dislocation formed by molecular trimers and located at opposite chiral domains is found to directly reverse the chirality on DTCD self-assembly.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ge-Bo
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Qi-Long
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Rong-Ben
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D006108:Graphite