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Cover Picture: Investigation on the Surface‐Confined Self‐Assembly Stabilized by Hydrogen Bonds of Urea and Amide Groups: Quantitative Analysis of Concentration Dependence of Surface Coverage (Chem. Asian J. 9/2015)
Author(s) -
Nishitani Nobuhiko,
Hirose Takashi,
Matsuda Kenji
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201580901
Subject(s) - amide , cover (algebra) , hydrogen bond , urea , surface (topology) , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , mathematics , geometry , engineering , mechanical engineering
The nucleation–elongation mechanism of two‐dimensional (2D) supramolecular assemblies is a key concept to realize an unprecedented surface‐confined self‐assembly that is highly responsive to external stimuli. In their Full Paper on page 1926, Kenji Matsuda et al. report on the quantitative analysis of growth mechanisms at a liquid/solid interface based on the concentration dependence of surface coverage. The results reveal that the strength of the hydrogen bond and the size of adsorbate play a primary role in determining stabilization energy during nucleation and elongation processes. This study provides a new viewpoint to design sophisticated molecular self‐assemblies on 2D surfaces.