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Growth of regular nanometric molecular arrays on a functional 2D template based on a chemical guest-host approach
- Source :
- Nanoscale (Online) 10 (2018): 2067–2072. doi:10.1039/c7nr08017d, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Feng Z.; Kladnik G.; Comelli G.; Dri C.; Cossaro A./titolo:Growth of regular nanometric molecular arrays on a functional 2D template based on a chemical guest-host approach/doi:10.1039%2Fc7nr08017d/rivista:Nanoscale (Online)/anno:2018/pagina_da:2067/pagina_a:2072/intervallo_pagine:2067–2072/volume:10
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- A regular 2D array of crown molecules, which would spontaneously self-assemble into disordered molecular clusters, is obtained by exploiting a guest–host process, based on the chemical affinity between amino and carboxylic groups on a gold surface. First a carboxylic organic template is formed, which then serves as a host for amino-functionalized crown molecules. The amino-carboxylic interaction thereby drives the formation of a monolayer of guest molecules, regularly distributed at the nanometer scale, preventing their aggregation in unordered clusters observed on a bare gold surface. This method, which can be applied to other guest molecules, represents a novel route to overcome the shape-matching requirements of the standard guest–host architectures. Furthermore, it is intrinsically selective, due to the chemical nature of the anchoring process.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Guest host
molecular array
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
macromolecular substances
self-assembly
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Chemical affinity
Monolayer
Molecule
General Materials Science
Nanometre
Gold surface
Template based
Self-assembly
molecular arrays
0210 nano-technology
Scanning tunneling microscopy | Self assembly | liquid-solid interface
organic templates
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20403372
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nanoscale
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9af813ac408a8e1a240c581cb62a89ba