Issue 18, 2023

Two-dimensional self-assembly and co-assembly of two tetracarboxylic acid derivatives investigated by STM

Abstract

In this work, the two-dimensional self-assembly and co-assembly behaviors of two tetracarboxylic acid derivatives (H4BDETP and H4BTB) were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). H4BDETP molecules self-assembled into linear nanostructures, and H4BTB molecules formed lamellar and tetragonal nanostructures. The formation of a H4BDETP/H4BTB co-assembly nanostructure was closely related to the deposition sequence of H4BDETP and H4BTB on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). The introduction of H4BTB into the self-assembly system of H4BDETP resulted in the emergence of the H4BDETP/H4BTB nanostructure, while the addition of H4BDETP had no effect on the self-assembly system of H4BTB and a H4BDETP/H4BTB co-assembly nanostructure was not obtained.

Graphical abstract: Two-dimensional self-assembly and co-assembly of two tetracarboxylic acid derivatives investigated by STM

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jun 2023
Accepted
03 Aug 2023
First published
03 Aug 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2023,5, 4752-4757

Two-dimensional self-assembly and co-assembly of two tetracarboxylic acid derivatives investigated by STM

X. Peng, L. Gan, W. Zhai, X. Chen, K. Deng, W. Duan, W. Li and Q. Zeng, Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 4752 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00389B

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