Substituent effect on the intermolecular arrangements of one-dimensional molecular assembly on the Si(100)-(2x1)-H surface
Substituent effect on the intermolecular arrangements of one-dimensional molecular assembly on the Si(100)-(2x1)-H surface
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取代基对Si(100)-(2x1)-H表面一维分子组装体分子间排列的影响
DOI:
10.1021/jp308770t
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
M. Kawai
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作者:
M.Z. Hossain;H.S. Kato;M. Kawai
The effect of methyl substitution in styrene molecules on the spatial arrangement of molecules in a one-dimensional (1-D) molecular assembly on the Si(100)-(2×1)-H surface has been studied using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) at 300 K. Styrene molecules form well-defined 1-D molecular assemblies through a chain reaction mechanism along the dimer row direction, where the phenyl rings are separated by distances equal to that of the interdimer distance in a row and aligned parallel to each other. We observed that the substitution in a phenyl ring has no observable effect on the adsorption sites, configurations, and stacking of phenyl rings along the dimer row. In contrast, the methyl substitution at α site (α-methylstyrene) results in a 1-D assembly where the adsorption sites are similar to that of styrene but the adsorbed molecules are arranged in alternate geometrical configurations along the dimer row. In the case of β-methylstyrene, the adsorption sites (diagonal silicon atoms in a dimer row) and the geometrical configurations of adsorbed molecules along the dimer row are different from that of styrene. These results suggest that the selective arrangement of the molecules in a 1-D assembly can be achieved by inducing a steric hindrance through substitution at specific sites of the reacting molecule.