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Imaging the Solvation of a One‐Dimensional Solid on the Molecular Scale
Author(s) -
Lucht Karsten,
Trosien Iris,
Sander Wolfram,
Morgenstern Karina
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201808579
Subject(s) - solvation , scanning tunneling microscope , annealing (glass) , molecule , adsorption , chemical physics , supramolecular chemistry , length scale , materials science , microscopy , chemistry , nanotechnology , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , composite material
We have observed the inversion of the solvation environment of a one‐dimensional solid by low‐temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Adsorption of 3‐methoxy‐9‐diazofluorene on Ag(111) yields highly oriented supramolecular chains, which are then exposed to water molecules. The annealing of dry and water‐decorated chains results in diametrically opposed outcomes. While the former simply leads to an increase in chain length and number, the latter results in a complete loss of order and produces water clusters decorated with the organic molecule.