From zero to two dimensions: Supramolecular nanostructures formed from perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) and Ni on the Au(111) surface through the interplay between hydrogen-bonding and electrostatic metal-organic interactions

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 903-916

  Yu, Miao ^a,d   Xu, Wei ^a   Kalashnyk, Nataliya ^a   Benjalal, Youness ^b,c   Nagarajan, Samuthira ^b   Masini, Federico ^a   Lægsgaard, Erik ^a   Hliwa, Mohamed ^b,c   Bouju, Xavier ^b   Gourdon, André ^b   Joachim, Christian ^b   Besenbacher, Flemming ^a   Linderoth, Trolle R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrostatic interaction; hydrogen bonding; molecular self assembly; perylene 3,4,9,10 tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI); scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871331057     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0274-6     Document Type: Article

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