Anchoring of a Single Molecular Rotor and Its Array on Metal Surfaces using Molecular Design and Self-Assembly

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Li Gao¹  Shi-Xuan Du² 

[1] id="af1-ijms-11-00656">Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, Chi

关键词: molecular rotor;    molecular self-assembly;    scanning tunneling microscopy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms11020656

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Functionalizing of single molecules on surfaces has manifested great potential for bottom-up construction of complex devices on a molecular scale. We discuss the growth mechanism for the initial layers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on metal surfaces and we review our recent progress on molecular machines, and present a molecular rotor with a fixed off-center axis formed by chemical bonding. These results represent important advances in molecular-based nanotechnology.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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