title: Halogen bonds as stabilizing interactions in a chiral self-assembled molecular monolayer.
abstract: We report the formation of highly-ordered self-assembled monolayers of an achiral organic semiconductor molecule. STM results show spontaneous formation of very large single domains of ordered chiral monolayers. DFT calculations support the identification of halogen bonds as the primary interactions that steer molecular self-assembly, leading to organizational chirality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Str. West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada. gutzler@emt.inrs.ca
authors.forename: Rico
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutzler
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ivasenko
authors.forename: Chaoying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jaclyn L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brusso
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosei
authors.forename: Dmitrii F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Perepichka