Potential-driven molecular tiling of a charged polycyclic aromatic compound

Cui, K. and Ivasenko, O. and Mali, K.S. and Wu, D. and Feng, X. and Müllen, K. and De Feyter, S. and Mertens, S.F.L. (2014) Potential-driven molecular tiling of a charged polycyclic aromatic compound. Chemical Communications, 50 (72). pp. 10376-10378. ISSN 1359-7345

Abstract

Using in situ electrochemical scanning tunnelling microscopy (EC-STM), we demonstrate fully reversible tuning of molecular tiling between self-assembled structures with supramolecular motifs containing 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 tectons. The structures can be explained by electrocompression of the cationic adlayer at the solid-liquid interface. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014.