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Tunable Two‐Dimensional Binary Molecular Networks
Author(s) -
Huang Yu Li,
Chen Wei,
Li Hui,
Ma Jing,
Pflaum Jens,
Wee Andrew Thye Shen
Publication year - 2010
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.200901291
Subject(s) - materials science , intermolecular force , nanostructure , molecule , fabrication , nanotechnology , molecular self assembly , hydrogen bond , binary number , chemical physics , molecular dynamics , hydrogen molecule , self assembly , computational chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , arithmetic , mathematics , pathology
A novel approach to constructing tunable and robust 2D binary molecular nanostructures on an inert graphite surface is presented. The guest molecules are embedded into a host molecular matrix and constrained via the formation of multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds. By varying the binary molecular ratio and the molecular geometry, various molecular arrays with tunable intermolecular distances are fabricated. The results suggest a promising route for the fabrication of ordered and stable molecular nanostructure arrays for molecular sensors, molecular spintronic devices, and molecular p–n nanojunctions.