One building block, two different nanoporous self-assembled monolayers: a combined STM and Monte Carlo study.
With the use of a single building block, two nanoporous patterns with nearly equal packing density can be formed upon self-assembly at a liquid-solid interface. Moreover, the formation of both of these porous networks can be selectively and homogenously induced by changing external parameters like solvent, concentration, and temperature. Finally, their porous properties are exploited to host up to three different guest molecules in a spatially resolved way.
Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
Jinne
J
Adisoejoso
Kazukuni
K
Tahara
Shengbin
S
Lei
Paweł
P
Szabelski
Wojciech
W
Rżysko
Koji
K
Inukai
Matthew O
MO
Blunt
Yoshito
Y
Tobe
Steven
S
De Feyter
D003198:Computer Simulation; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D017348:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size