Trapping a Charged Atom.
Engineering of supramolecular assemblies on surfaces is an emerging field of research impacting chemistry, electronics, and biology. Among supramolecular assemblies, metal-containing structures provide rich properties and enable robust nanostructured designs. In this issue of ACS Nano, Feng et al. report that supramolecular assemblies can trap gold adatoms that maintain a charged state on a Au(111) surface. Such charged adatoms may offer additional degrees of freedom in designing novel supramolecular architectures for efficient catalysts, memory, and charge storage for medical applications.
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Nanoscience and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.|Nanoscience and Quantum Phenomena Institute and Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program, Ohio University , Athens, Ohio 45701, United States.
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