title: Self-templating 2D supramolecular networks: a new avenue to reach control over a bilayer formation.
abstract: One of the greatest challenges in 2D self-assembly at interfaces is the ability to grow spatially controlled supramolecular motifs in the third dimension, exploiting the surface as a template. In this manuscript a concentration-dependent study by scanning tunneling microscopy at the solid-liquid interface, corroborated by Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations, reveals the controlled generation of mono- or bilayer self-assembled Kagomé networks based on a fully planar tetracarboxylic acid derivative. By programming the backbone of the molecular building blocks, we present a strategy to gain spatial control over the adlayer structure by conferring self-templating capacity to the 2D self-assembled network.
authors.affiliation: ISIS/UMR CNRS 7006, Nanochemistry Laboratory, Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciesielski
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cadeddu
authors.forename: Carlos-Andres
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorczyński
authors.forename: Violetta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patroniak
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cecchini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Samorì
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*