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Toward step-by-step nuclear growth of surface two-dimensional porphyrin nanonetworks
Rie Makiura1, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Yasuyuki Akita
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
Abstract:
We report the development of a solution-based step-by-step technique, which utilizes the coordination bond between metalloporphyrin molecular units and metal linkages and results in the nuclear growth of nano-networks on solid substrates. The growth of the surface structures is strongly influenced by the choice of substrate materials and solvents: the molecule-substrate interaction and the solubility of the molecular units are important parameters in tuning the size and growth of the domains.
