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Self-assembled nanostructures of a di-carbonitrile molecule on copper single-crystal surfaces†

Honghong Ma,‡a   Meiling Bao,‡a   Liangliang Cai,a   Qiang Suna  and  Chunxue Yuan ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Tongji-Aarhus Joint Research Center for Nanostructures and Functional Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
E-mail: cxyuan@tongji.edu.cn

Abstract

Through high-resolution UHV-STM imaging and DFT calculations, we find that a di-carbonitrile molecule unexpectedly prefers to form a hydrogen-bonded nanostructure rather than coordination bonded ones on both Cu(110) and Cu(100) at room temperature. These findings highlight the importance of the surface symmetry and molecule–surface interactions in controllable fabrication of metal–ligand coordination nanostructures.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled nanostructures of a di-carbonitrile molecule on copper single-crystal surfaces

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA28157E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Dec 2016
Accepted
18 Dec 2016
First published
09 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 1771-1775

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Self-assembled nanostructures of a di-carbonitrile molecule on copper single-crystal surfaces

H. Ma, M. Bao, L. Cai, Q. Sun and C. Yuan, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 1771 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA28157E

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