title: Formation of imine oligomers on Au under ambient conditions investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy.
abstract: Scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to investigate the nucleophilic substitution reaction between melamine (1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine) and terephthalaldehyde on Au/mica following deposition from solution in ambient conditions. The reaction is observed to proceed at room temperature over a time scale of days with the formation of imine oligomers intermixed with melamine islands on the Au surface. The oligomers ultimately self-assemble into a porous arrangement. The mechanism and extent of the surface confined reactions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Baddeley