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Diverse supramolecular structures self-assembled by a simple aryl chloride on Ag(111) and Cu(111)
Chen-Hui Shu1, Shao-Ze Zhang, Cheng-Xin Wang
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China. liupn@ecust.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Diverse self-assembled structures were obtained on Cu(111) and Ag(111) surfaces by using a simple and small 4,4''-dichloro-1,1':4',1''-terphenyl molecule. Surprisingly, a complicated supramolecular self-assembled vortex structure, composed of 15 molecules in a large unit, was realized through the collaboration of hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding.
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