Two-dimensional molecular networks at the solid/liquid interface and the role of alkyl chains in their building blocks

• Suyi Liu,
• Yasuo Norikane and
• Yoshihiro Kikkawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 872–892, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.72

• chains have a great influence on the formation of 2D nanoarchitectures. Recent advances in 2D self-assembly include “on-surface synthesis,” “in situ reactions” such as metal coordination, “correlation of the 2D and 3D structures (crystal structures)” for revealing the origins of physical properties, and

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• properties were investigated. Müllen, Fasel, and co-workers have succeeded in nanoarchitectonics of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges with atomic precision by on-surface synthesis via cyclodehydrogenation of precursor monomers [123]. The physical properties of the graphene nanoribbons, such as band

• lead to a variety of nonplanar graphene nanoribbons with periodic atomic vacancies. Molecular nanoarchitectonics by on-surface synthesis is a powerful tool for structures other than nanographene. Various functional units can be freely combined to obtain new nanostructures. However, it is generally

• synthesis are usually difficult to incorporate into functional nanodevices because of the random arrangement of the heterojunctions. Bronner, Fischer, Crommie, and co-workers have developed a single hierarchical fabrication strategy via on-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons with a single

Simulations of the 2D self-assembly of tripod-shaped building blocks

• Łukasz Baran,
• Wojciech Rżysko and
• Edyta Słyk

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 884–890, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.73

• diffraction pattern and average association number. Keywords: 2D materials; coarse-grained model; molecular simulations; self-assembly; structural characterization; tripod building blocks; Introduction On-surface synthesis is a newly developing field in chemistry that aims at making use of solid surfaces as

• ], tripod [15][16], tetrapod [17][18][19][20][21], and hexapod [22] architecture. Also, a lot of effort has been put into the investigation of the mixtures [23][24][25] and the guest-induced self-assembly [26] of aforementioned particles. An important aspect of the on-surface synthesis is that a lot of

Nanostructured and oriented metal–organic framework films enabling extreme surface wetting properties

• Andre Mähringer,
• Julian M. Rotter and
• Dana D. Medina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1994–2003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.196

• nanoscale morphologies and associated functionality. Conclusion In this study, we demonstrated the controlled on-surface synthesis of crystalline, highly oriented and nanostructured M-CAT-1 films by employing a crystallization promoter in a VAC synthesis. First, the free surface energy of M-CAT-1 was

Ordering of Zn-centered porphyrin and phthalocyanine on TiO₂(011): STM studies

• Piotr Olszowski,
• Lukasz Zajac,
• Szymon Godlewski,
• Bartosz Such,
• Rémy Pawlak,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Res Jöhr,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymonski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 99–107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.11

• groups [13]. Those common surface defects are known to have an important effect on the molecule migration and surface diffusion barriers for Pd atoms [14][15], and as demonstrated by Kolmer et al., on the TiO2(011)-(2×1) surface, they play a very significant role in on-surface synthesis of polymers [16

Fullerenes as adhesive layers for mechanical peeling of metallic, molecular and polymer thin films

• Maria B. Wieland,
• Anna G. Slater,
• Barry Mangham,
• Neil R. Champness and
• Peter H. Beton

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 394–401, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.46

• such arrays, but their application in a functional form has so far been limited by their formation on substrates which are not compatible with potential applications. This is of particular relevance to the growing interest in the formation of polymers through on-surface synthesis using Ullmann-type

• process is effective for films with thickness as small as a monolayer and has been demonstrated as route to isolate two dimensional polymers formed by on-surface synthesis, allowing an investigation of their functional properties. Experimental The ultra-high vacuum system in which we perform the