Two-dimensional tiling by rubrene molecules self-assembled in supramolecular pentagons, hexagons, and heptagons on a Au(111) surface

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1076-1079

  Pivetta, Marina ^a   Blüm, Marie Christine ^a,b   Patthey, François ^a   Schneider, Wolf Dieter ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rubrene; Scanning probe microscopy; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NONPERIODIC TESSELLATIONS; PENTAGON-HEPTAGON PAIRS; SUPRAMOLECULAR PENTAGONS;

GOLD;

EID: 38849099735     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704479     Document Type: Article

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