Linear dislocation tunes chirality: STM study of chiral transition and amplification in a molecular assembly on an HOPG surface.
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.
Chen
Ting
T
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Chen
Qing
Q
Pan
Ge-Bo
GB
Wan
Li-Jun
LJ
Zhou
Qi-Long
QL
Zhang
Rong-Ben
RB
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
D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D006108:Graphite