Conformation-controlled networking of H-bonded assemblies on surfaces.
A temperature-induced phase transition of a 2D H-bonded assembly, enabling quadruple H-bonding interactions, from a hexagonal porous network into a close-packed rhombic arrangement has been observed on Ag(111) by STM imaging.
Matena
Manfred
M
University of Basel, Department of Physics, Basel, Switzerland.
Llanes-Pallas
Anna
A
Enache
Mihaela
M
Jung
Thomas
T
Wouters
Johan
J
Champagne
Benoît
B
Stöhr
Meike
M
Bonifazi
Davide
D
D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013499:Surface Properties