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Dynamics of Spatially Confined Bisphenol A Trimers in a Unimolecular Network on Ag(111)

Lloyd, Julian A.
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Papageorgiou, Anthoula C.
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Fischer, Sybille
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2016
Nano Letters

Bisphenol A (BPA) aggregates on Ag(111) shows a polymorphism between two supramolecular motifs leading to formation of distinct networks depending on thermal energy. With rising temperature a dimeric pairing scheme reversibly converts into a trimeric motif, which forms a hexagonal superstructure with complex dynamic characteristics. The trimeric arrangements notably organize spontaneously into a self-assembled one-component array with supramolecular BPA rotors embedded in a two-dimensional stator sublattice. By varying the temperature, the speed of the rotors can be controlled as monitored by direct visualization. A combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and dispersion corrected density-functional tight-binding (DFTB-vdW(surf)) based molecular modeling reveals the exact atomistic position of each molecule within the assembly as well as the driving force for the formation of the supramolecular rotors.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05026
Web of Science ID

WOS:000371946300054

Author(s)
Lloyd, Julian A.
Papageorgiou, Anthoula C.
Fischer, Sybille
Oh, Seung Cheol
Saglam, Ozge
Diller, Katharina  
Duncan, David A.
Allegretti, Francesco
Klappenberger, Florian  
Stoehr, Martin
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Date Issued

2016

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Published in
Nano Letters
Volume

16

Issue

3

Start page

1884

End page

1889

Subjects

Self-assembly

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rotor arrays

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scanning tunneling microscopy

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dispersion-corrected density-functional tight-binding

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silver surface

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