title: Electrostatic-interaction-induced molecular deposition of a hybrid bilayer on Au(111): a scanning tunneling microscopy study.
abstract: Hybrid bilayers consisting of 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (HPTS) and meso-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphine (TPyP) have been successfully constructed on Au(111) and investigated by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM). Under the guidance of the electrostatic interaction between negatively charged sulfonate groups and positively charged pyridyl groups, the underlying HPTS arrays act as templates for the deposition of cationic TPyPs, forming two types of TPyP/HPTS complex bilayers. The present work provides a feasible way to fabricate hybrid multilayers on the electrode surface via electrostatic interaction, which has great significance for the design of molecular nanodevices.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Hui-Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wan