Nanopatterning by Molecular Self-assembly on Surfaces

Authors

  • Thomas R. Eaton Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. thomas.eaton@unibas.ch
  • David Muñoz Torres Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
  • Manfred Buck EaStCHEM School of Chemistry University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK
  • Marcel Mayor Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Nanotechnology P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Switzerland. marcel.mayor@unibas.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2013.222

Keywords:

H-bonding, Self-assembly, Stm, Supramolecular chemistry, Surfaces

Abstract

The ability to pattern surfaces down to the nanoscale is of increasing importance in nanoscience research. The use of supramolecular chemistry to drive the formation of self-assembled networks allows for a bottom-up approach to achieve nanopatterned surfaces. This short review highlights some of the recent breakthroughs in achieving long-range order in such molecular based systems, complemented with examples from our own work. The tuning of molecular architectures can exert control on the emergent properties and function of molecules at interfaces. In particular the formation of porous honeycomb networks allows the rational design of highly ordered patterned surface domains and the investigation of molecular dynamics, chirality and templating effects on surfaces.

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Published

2013-04-24