Supramolecular control of two-dimensional phase behavior

Autor: Andre J. Gesquiere, Frans C. De Schryver, G. Zoriniants, Mattias Larsson, Jan H. van Esch, Mohamed M. S. Abdel-Mottaleb, Ben L. Feringa, Steven De Feyter, Bas J. V. Verkuijl, Norbert Schuurmans, Jan van Stam
Přispěvatelé: Stratingh Institute of Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Chemistry : a European Journal, 9(5), 1198-1206. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200390137
Popis: We have used directed two- component self-assembly to ™pattern∫ organic monolayers on the nanometer scale at the liquid/solid interface. The ability of the scanning tunneling micro- scope to investigate structural details in these adlayers was used to gain insight into the two-component two-dimension- al phase behavior. The components are symmetrically alkylated bisurea deriva- tives (R1-urea-spacer-urea-R2; R1, R2 alkyl, spacer alkyl or bisthio- phene). The bisthiophene unit acts as a marker and its bisurea derivative (T2 )i s a component in all the mixtures inves- tigated. By varying the position of the hydrogen-bond forming urea groups along the molecule and the length of the alkyl chains of the other compo- nents, the effect of 1) hydrogen bonding, 2) molecule length, 3) odd ± even effects, and 4) shape complementarity on the two-dimensional phase behavior was investigated. Insight into the effect of these parameters leads to the control of the two-dimensional patterning: from randomly intermixed systems to phase separation.
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