White, Thomas W, Martsinovich, Natalia, Troisi, Alessandro ORCID: 0000-0002-5447-5648 and Costantini, Giovanni
(2018)
Quantifying the "Subtle Interplay" between Intermolecular and Molecule-Substrate Interactions in Molecular Assembly on Surfaces.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 122 (31).
pp. 17954-17962.
Abstract
The effect of the concurrent action of intermolecular and molecule-substrate interactions on the two-dimensional (2D) self-assembly of organic molecules on solid surfaces is investigated in a combined experimental and theoretical effort. Scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of terephthalic acid on the Cu(111) surface, a model system where the interplay between the two interactions is particularly evident, are used to develop a general, simple, and computationally inexpensive model that quantitatively accounts for the experimental observations. The model, related to the well-known Frenkel-Kontorova model, offers a comprehensive description of the "subtle interplay" between intermolecular and molecule-substrate interactions and provides a qualitative and quantitative predictive capability in the design and fabrication of 2D molecular nanostructures at surfaces.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bioengineering |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2018 10:32 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 13:29 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06797 |
Open Access URL: | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06797 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3026769 |