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dc.contributor.authorOrtiz de la Morena, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorAsyuda, Andika
dc.contributor.authorLu, Hao
dc.contributor.authorAitchison, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Stephen M.
dc.contributor.authorZharnikov, Michael
dc.contributor.authorBuck, Manfred
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T00:40:10Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T00:40:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-21
dc.identifier.citationOrtiz de la Morena , R , Asyuda , A , Lu , H , Aitchison , H , Turner , K , Francis , S M , Zharnikov , M & Buck , M 2020 , ' Shape controlled assembly of carboxylic acids : formation of a binary monolayer by intercalation into molecular nanotunnels ' , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , vol. 22 , no. 7 , pp. 4205-4215 . https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp06724hen
dc.identifier.issn1463-9076
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 266954861
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: f6af9db1-dd56-44f4-9c1c-0d36bf976313
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 32043099
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-1225-7607/work/70919713
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000518624400047
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85080841161
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/21407
dc.descriptionSupport by the Leverhulme Trust (RGP -2013-177) and EPSRC via doctoral training grants (R .O .d.l.M .,H.A.) and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Critical Resource Catalysis (CRITICAT) (PhD studentship to K.T.) is gratefully acknowledged. A. A. acknowledges the financial support by the DAAD-Aceh Scholarship of Excellence.en
dc.description.abstractBinary self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) combining a Y-shaped aromatic carboxylic acid (1,3,5-benzenetribenzoic acid, H3BTB) and a cage-type alicyclic carboxylic acid (adamantane carboxylic acid, AdCA) were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The SAMs, prepared by molecular adsorption from solution on Au substrates modified by underpotential deposition of Ag, exhibit a pronounced dependence of their structure on the assembly protocol. Exposing an H3BTB SAM to AdCA, the highly regular row structure of the native H3BTB layer persists and STM imaging does not show signs of AdCA adsorption. This is in striking contrast to the disordered arrangements of H3BTB and the presence of AdCA employing the inverted adsorption sequence or coadsorption of the two molecules. However, spectroscopic analysis of the H3BTB SAM exposed to AdCA reveals the presence also of the latter, suggesting that the AdCA molecules are hidden in the nanotunnels of the H3BTB monolayer. Direct evidence for the intercalation of AdCA is obtained by STM manipulation experiments which lay bare areas of AdCA molecules upon local removal of H3BTB. Surprisingly, these are densely packed and arranged into a highly ordered monolayer. Formation of such a compact AdCA layer is explained by expulsion of AdCA from the H3BTB nanotunnels of the surrounding intact mixed SAM, driven by release of stress in the nanotunnels built up when AdCA is intercalated.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physicsen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 The Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP06724Hen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectPhysics and Astronomy(all)en
dc.subjectPhysical and Theoretical Chemistryen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleShape controlled assembly of carboxylic acids : formation of a binary monolayer by intercalation into molecular nanotunnelsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Leverhulme Trusten
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp06724h
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2021-02-11
dc.identifier.grantnumberRPG-2013-177en
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/L016419/1en


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