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Surface Chemistry: Surface‐Confined Self‐Assembly of Di‐carbonitrile Polyphenyls (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2011)
Author(s) -
Klyatskaya Svetlana,
Klappenberger Florian,
Schlickum Uta,
Kühne Dirk,
Marschall Matthias,
Reichert Joachim,
Decker Régis,
Krenner Wolfgang,
Zoppellaro Giorgio,
Brune Harald,
Barth Johannes V.,
Ruben Mario
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201190019
Subject(s) - materials science , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , amorphous solid , linker , nanotechnology , metal , surface (topology) , template , molecule , nanopore , substrate (aquarium) , chemical physics , crystallography , organic chemistry , chemistry , computer science , geometry , mathematics , metallurgy , operating system , oceanography , geology
This Feature Article reports on the controlled formation and structure‐functionality aspects of vacuum‐deposited self‐assembled organic and metal‐organic networks at metal surfaces using ditopic linear and nonlinear molecular bricks, namely di‐carbonitrile polyphenyls. Surface confined supramolecular organization of linear aromatic molecules leads to a fascinating variety of open networks. Moreover, cobalt‐directed assembly of the same linear linkers reveals highly regular, open honeycomb networks with tunable pore sizes representing versatile templates for the organization of molecular guests or metal clusters and the control of supramolecular dynamers. In addition, the 2D nanopore organic networks act as arrays of quantum corrals exhibiting confinement of the surface‐electronic states of the metallic substrate. A reduction of the linker symmetry leads to the formation of disordered, glassy coordination networks, which represent a structural model for amorphous materials.