title: On-surface construction of a metal-organic Sierpiński triangle.
abstract: Through a careful design of the molecular precursor we have successfully constructed the metal-organic Sierpiński triangles on Au(111) via on-surface coordination chemistry, which is demonstrated by the interplay of high-resolution STM imaging and DFT calculations. The coordination Sierpiński triangles show high stabilities as evidenced by room temperature STM imaging, and could withstand a thermal treatment up to 450 K.
authors.affiliation: Tongji-Aarhus Joint Research Center for Nanostructures and Functional Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China. xuwei@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Liangliang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Honghong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Chunxue
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu