title: Biaxial aromatics with face-on/edge-on stacking adaptability: an STM/STS study of 1D nanowires assembled via rotatable ethynyls.
abstract: Scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy reveals significant electronic communications between edge-on biphenyl moieties of a benzene core derivatised biaxially with four ethynyl-biphenyls. The key to the successful assembly of conjugated 1D nanowires is the rotatable features of ethynyls, which allow dual adaptability of edge-on and face-on orientations for the aromatic rings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Emerging Material and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617. chhchen@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Shern-Long
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hung-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Hsiu-Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hsiu-Fu
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Chun-hsien
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen