title: Nanopatterning of a covalent organic framework host-guest system.
abstract: We have used a boroxine-based COF as a template for C60-fullerene self-assembly on graphite. Local removal of the COF by STM based nanomanipulation creates nanocorrals that may host other species.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. steven.defeyter@chem.kuleuven.be oleksandr.ivasenko@chem.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plas
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. steven.defeyter@chem.kuleuven.be oleksandr.ivasenko@chem.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ivasenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martsinovich
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Germany and Department of Physics Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lackinger
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. steven.defeyter@chem.kuleuven.be oleksandr.ivasenko@chem.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Feyter