Nature Communications (Apr 2020)
Combining high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy and first-principles simulations to identify halogen bonding
Abstract
Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) is commonly used to study 2D molecular self-assembly but is not always enough to fully solve a supramolecular structure. Here, the authors combine a high-resolution version of STM with first-principles simulations to precisely identify halogen bonding in polycyclic aromatic molecules.