title: Understanding molecular self-assembly of a diol compound by considering competitive interactions.
abstract: With a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory, effects on molecular self-assembly involving two distinct chemical groups were investigated. We analyzed the influence of the individual functional units in the adsorbate and extracted the dominating contributions to the adsorption behaviour. The viability of such a systematic approach to study self-assembled structures by considering the interplay between substrate effects and molecular design is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. harry.moenig@uni-muenster.de samir_01@uni-muenster.de and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Oscar Díaz
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Arado
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. harry.moenig@uni-muenster.de samir_01@uni-muenster.de and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Maike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luft
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. harry.moenig@uni-muenster.de samir_01@uni-muenster.de and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mönig
authors.affiliation: Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Philipp Alexander
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Held
authors.affiliation: Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Armido
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. harry.moenig@uni-muenster.de samir_01@uni-muenster.de and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany and Center for Multiscale Theory & Computation, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amirjalayer
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. harry.moenig@uni-muenster.de samir_01@uni-muenster.de and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuchs