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Lateral Manipulation for the Positioning of Molecular Guests within the Confinements of a Highly Stable Self‐Assembled Organic Surface Network
Author(s) -
Stöhr Meike,
Wahl Markus,
Spillmann Hannes,
Gade Lutz H.,
Jung Thomas A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700099
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , dehydrogenation , hexagonal crystal system , surface (topology) , diimine , honeycomb , fullerene , nanotechnology , materials science , computer science , chemistry , crystallography , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis , composite material , geometry , mathematics
Buckyball bearings : C 60 complexes with zinc octaethylporphyrin (ZnOEP) were deposited in the hexagonal pores of the highly stable honeycomb network generated by thermal dehydrogenation of 4,9‐diaminoperylene‐quinone‐3,10‐diimine on a Cu(111) surface (see picture). The piece‐by‐piece assembly of the weakly aggregated ZnOEP–C 60 complex, which may be viewed as a “supramolecular bearing”, was achieved with the aid of an STM tip.