Predicting the influence of a p2-symmetric substrate on molecular self-organization with an interaction-site model.
An interaction-site model can a priori predict molecular self-organisation on a new substrate in Monte Carlo simulations. This is experimentally confirmed with scanning tunnelling microscopy on Fréchet dendrons of a pentacontane template. Local and global ordering motifs, inclusion molecules and a rotated unit cell are correctly predicted.
Center for Nano Science (CeNS) and Walther-Meissner-Institute of Low Temperature Research of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Walther-Meissner-Str. 8, 85748 Garching, Germany. carstenrohr@gmx.de
Carsten
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Rohr
Marta
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Balbás Gambra
Kathrin
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Gruber
Cornelia
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Höhl
Michael S
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Malarek
Lukas J
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Scherer
Edwin C
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Constable
Thomas
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Franosch
Bianca A
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Hermann