1. On the stability of surface-confined nanoporous molecular networks.
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Ghijsens, Elke, Adisoejoso, Jinne, Van Gorp, Hans, Destoop, Iris, Aya Noguchi, Ivasenko, Oleksandr, Kazukuni Tahara, Van der Auweraer, Mark, Yoshito Tobe, and De Feyter, Steven
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MOLECULAR self-assembly , *NANOPOROUS materials , *SURFACE chemistry , *ANNULENES , *SOLID-liquid interfaces , *PHASE transitions , *THERMODYNAMICS - Abstract
Self-assembly of molecular building blocks into two-dimensional nanoporous networks has been a topic of broad interest for many years. However, various factors govern the specific outcome of the self-assembly process, and understanding and controlling these are key to successful creation. In this work, the self-assembly of two alkylated dehydrobenzo[12]annulene building blocks was compared at the liquid-solid interface. It turned out that only a small chemical modification within the building blocks resulted in enhanced domain sizes and stability of the porous packing relative to the dense linear packing. Applying a thermodynamic model for phase transition revealed some key aspects for network formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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