Self-assembly of metal–organic coordination structures on surfaces

L Dong, ZA Gao, N Lin - Progress in Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Metal–organic coordination structures are materials comprising reticular metal centers and
organic linkers in which the two constituents bind with each other via metal–ligand …

Surface-based supramolecular chemistry using hydrogen bonds

AG Slater, LMA Perdigão, PH Beton… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The arrangement of molecular species into extended structures remains the
focus of much current chemical science. The organization of molecules on surfaces using …

Chirality of molecular nanostructures on surfaces via molecular assembly and reaction: manifestation and control

Y Xu, JJ Duan, ZY Yi, KX Zhang, T Chen… - Surface Science Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation of chiral nanostructures via molecular assembly and reaction on solid
surfaces is a ubiquitous surface process due to the symmetry-breaking at 2D surface …

Explosives Sensing by Using Electron‐Rich Supramolecular Polymers: Role of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Significant Enhancement of Sensitivity

B Gole, W Song, M Lackinger… - Chemistry–A European …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate here that supramolecular interactions enhance the sensitivity towards
detection of electron‐deficient nitro‐aromatic compounds (NACs) over discrete analogues …

A new class of rigid multi (azobenzene) switches featuring electronic decoupling: Unravelling the isomerization in individual photochromes

A Galanti, J Santoro, R Mannancherry… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report a novel class of star-shaped multiazobenzene photoswitches comprising
individual photochromes connected to a central trisubstituted 1, 3, 5-benzene core. The …

Redox-active on-surface assembly of metal–organic chains with single-site Pt (II)

D Skomski, CD Tempas, KA Smith… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The formation and stabilization of well-defined transition-metal single sites at surfaces may
open new routes to achieve higher selectivity in heterogeneous catalysts. Organic ligand …

Electronic Decoupling in C3-Symmetrical Light-Responsive Tris(Azobenzene) Scaffolds: Self-Assembly and Multiphotochromism

A Galanti, V Diez-Cabanes, J Santoro… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis of a novel C3-symmetrical multiphotochromic molecule bearing
three azobenzene units at positions 1, 3, 5 of the central phenyl ring. The unique …

Two-dimensional crystal engineering using halogen and hydrogen bonds: towards structural landscapes

A Mukherjee, J Teyssandier, G Hennrich… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) crystallization on solid surfaces is governed by a subtle balance of
supramolecular and interfacial interactions. However, these subtle interactions often make …

Orthogonal Insertion of Lanthanide and Transition‐Metal Atoms in Metal–Organic Networks on Surfaces

JI Urgel, D Ecija, W Auwärter, D Stassen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The orthogonal coordinative properties of tetrapyrrole macrocycles and nitrile ligands have
been used in a multistep procedure towards interfacial d‐f hetero‐bimetallic …

On-surface molecular nanoarchitectonics: From self-assembly to directed assembly

Y Wakayama - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The rogress of on-surface molecular nanoarchitectonics over the last two decades has been
reviewed. Over the early period in the 1990s–2000s, molecular self-assemblies were …