Steric hindrance in the on-surface synthesis of diethynyl-linked anthracene polymers

Autor: Simona Achilli, Francesco Tumino, Andi Rabia, Alessio Orbelli Biroli, Andrea Li Bassi, Alberto Bossi, Nicola Manini, Giovanni Onida, Guido Fratesi, Carlo Spartaco Casari
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Popis: Hybrid sp-sp2 structures can be efficiently obtained on metal substrates via on-surface synthesis. The choice of both the precursor and of the substrate impacts on the effectiveness of the process and the stability of the formed structures. Here we demonstrate that using anthracene-based molecules as precursor, the formation on Au(111) of polymers hosting sp carbon chains is affected by the steric hindrance between aromatic groups. In particular, by scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory calculations we show that the de-metalation of organometallic structures induces a lateral separation of adjacent polymers preventing the formation of ordered domains.
Databáze: OpenAIRE