Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Creating a regular array of metal-complexing molecules on an insulator surface at room temperature

  • Simon Aeschlimann,
  • Sebastian V. Bauer,
  • Maximilian Vogtland,
  • Benjamin Stadtmüller,
  • Martin Aeschlimann,
  • Andrea Floris,
  • Ralf Bechstein,
  • Angelika Kühnle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20189-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Arrays of ordered metal atoms on bulk insulating materials are promising for future applications, such as optoelectronics and data storage. Here, the authors demonstrate a strategy to create an ordered metal array based on tailored anchoring and hard-sphere repulsion of metal-complexing molecules.