Issue 38, 2008
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Chemical Communications

An aromatic coupling motif for two-dimensional supramolecular architectures†

Matthias Treier,*a   Pascal Ruffieux,a   Pierangelo Gröning,a   Shengxiong Xiao,b   Colin Nuckollsb  and  Roman Fasela  

* Corresponding authors

a Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, nanotech@surfaces laboratory, Feuerwerkerstrasse 39, Switzerland
E-mail: matthias.treier@empa.ch
Fax: +41 33 228 44 90
Tel: +41 33 228 22 37

b Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, Havemeyer Mail Code 3130, 3000 Broadway, New York, USA

Abstract

We show, using scanning tunneling microscopy, how a coupling motif based on self-complementary helical aromatic units is able to drive the formation of a chiral porous supramolecular network and chains based on lateral aromatic interactions in two dimensions.

Graphical abstract: An aromatic coupling motif for two-dimensional supramolecular architectures

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B809618J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jun 2008
Accepted
11 Aug 2008
First published
27 Aug 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4555-4557

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An aromatic coupling motif for two-dimensional supramolecular architectures

M. Treier, P. Ruffieux, P. Gröning, S. Xiao, C. Nuckolls and R. Fasel, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4555 DOI: 10.1039/B809618J

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