Exploring the transferability of large supramolecular assemblies to the vacuum-solid interface

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 535-542

  Xu, Wei ^a,d   Dong, Mingdong ^a   Gersen, Henkjan ^a,e   Vázquez Campos, Socorro ^b   Bouju, Xavier ^c   Lægsgaard, Erik ^a   Stensgaard, Ivan ^a   Crego Calama, Mercedes ^b,f   Reinhoudt, David N ^b   Linderoth, Trolle R ^a   Besenbacher, Flemming ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CEMES CNRS   (France)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Self assembly; Supramolecular assembly; Surface nanostructures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350663229     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9051-6     Document Type: Article

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