A multivalent hexapod: Conformational dynamics of six-legged molecules in self-assembled monolayers at a solid-liquid interface

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1016-1024

  Xu, Hong ^a   Minoia, Andrea ^b   Tomović, Željko ^c,d   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^b   Meijer, E W ^c   Schenning, Albertus P H J ^c   De Feyter, Steven ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformation; Dynamics; Monolayer; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Self assembly; Translation

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; DISORDERED DOMAINS; GRAPHITE SUBSTRATE; IDEAL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE; PHYSISORBED; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSLATION;

BENZENE; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DESORPTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GRAPHITE; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 67049088358     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900131k     Document Type: Article

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