"Magic" surface clustering of borazines driven by repulsive intermolecular forces

Simon Kervyn De Meerendre; Nataliya Kalashnyk; Massimo Riello; Ben Moreton; Jonathan Tasseroul; Johan Wouters; Tim S. Jones; Alessandro De Vita; Giovanni Costantini; Davide Bonifazi

doi:10.1002/anie.201300948

"Magic" surface clustering of borazines driven by repulsive intermolecular forces

Simon Kervyn De Meerendre, Nataliya Kalashnyk, Massimo Riello, Ben Moreton, Jonathan Tasseroul, Johan Wouters, Tim S. Jones, Alessandro De Vita, Giovanni Costantini, Davide Bonifazi

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Abstract

It's a kind of magic: Hydroxy pentaaryl borazine molecules self-assemble into small clusters (see structure) on Cu(111) surfaces, whereas with symmetric hexaaryl borazine molecules large islands are obtained. Simulations indicate that the observed "magic" cluster sizes result from long-range repulsive Coulomb forces arising from the deprotonation of the B-OH groups of the hydroxy pentaaryl borazine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7410-7414
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie. International edition
Volume	52
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201300948
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2013

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borazine
scanning tunneling microscopy
self-assembly
supramolecular chemistry

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"Magic" surface clustering of borazines driven by repulsive intermolecular forces

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Synthesis of Boron and Nitrogen-doped pi-Conjugated Carbon Nanostructures

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Synthesis of Boron and Nitrogen-doped pi-Conjugated Carbon Nanostructures

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