Fractals play an important role in mathematics, aesthetic, science, and engineering. The representative Sierpinski-triangle fractals have been successfully constructed by V-shape molecules in experiments. The molecula...Fractals play an important role in mathematics, aesthetic, science, and engineering. The representative Sierpinski-triangle fractals have been successfully constructed by V-shape molecules in experiments. The molecular Sierpinski triangles formed by molecules with linear backbones have been theoretically predicted but not experimentally discovered. To achieve this goal in the experiment, we used[1,1’;4’,1’’;4’’,1’’’]-quaterphenyl-3,40 0-dicarbonitrile molecules as building blocks and employed cobalt atoms as cements, then successfully obtained metal-organic Sierpinski triangles with an order up to 2 on the Au（111） surface. There are twenty-four types of three-fold coordination nodes formed between the metal atom and organic ligands via coordinate interactions. The coexistence of various nodes is responsible for that the highest order of Sierpinski triangles is limited to 2.展开更多
To date, supramolecular chemistry is an ever growing research field owing to its crucial role in molecular catalysis, recognition, medicine, data storage and processing as well as artificial photosynthetic devices.Dif...To date, supramolecular chemistry is an ever growing research field owing to its crucial role in molecular catalysis, recognition, medicine, data storage and processing as well as artificial photosynthetic devices.Different isolated supramolecules were prepared by molecular self-assembly on surfaces. This review mainly focuses on supramolecular aggregations on noble metal surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, including dimers, trimers, tetramers, pentamers, wire-like assemblies and Sierpin′ ski triangular fractals. The variety of self-assembled structures reflects the subtle balance between intermolecular and molecule–substrate interactions, which to some extent may be controlled by molecules, substrates and the molecular coverage. The comparative study of different architectures helps identifying the operative mechanisms that lead to the structural motifs. The application of these mechanisms may lead to novel assemblies with tailored physicochemical properties.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21522301, 21373020, 21403008, 61621061, 21433011, 61271050)the Ministry of Science and Technology (Nos. 2014CB239302 and 2013CB933404)
文摘Fractals play an important role in mathematics, aesthetic, science, and engineering. The representative Sierpinski-triangle fractals have been successfully constructed by V-shape molecules in experiments. The molecular Sierpinski triangles formed by molecules with linear backbones have been theoretically predicted but not experimentally discovered. To achieve this goal in the experiment, we used[1,1’;4’,1’’;4’’,1’’’]-quaterphenyl-3,40 0-dicarbonitrile molecules as building blocks and employed cobalt atoms as cements, then successfully obtained metal-organic Sierpinski triangles with an order up to 2 on the Au（111） surface. There are twenty-four types of three-fold coordination nodes formed between the metal atom and organic ligands via coordinate interactions. The coexistence of various nodes is responsible for that the highest order of Sierpinski triangles is limited to 2.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21522301, 21373020, 21403008, 61321001, 21433011, 61271050)the Ministry of Science and Technology (Nos. 2014CB239302 and 2013CB933404)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20130001110029)
文摘To date, supramolecular chemistry is an ever growing research field owing to its crucial role in molecular catalysis, recognition, medicine, data storage and processing as well as artificial photosynthetic devices.Different isolated supramolecules were prepared by molecular self-assembly on surfaces. This review mainly focuses on supramolecular aggregations on noble metal surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, including dimers, trimers, tetramers, pentamers, wire-like assemblies and Sierpin′ ski triangular fractals. The variety of self-assembled structures reflects the subtle balance between intermolecular and molecule–substrate interactions, which to some extent may be controlled by molecules, substrates and the molecular coverage. The comparative study of different architectures helps identifying the operative mechanisms that lead to the structural motifs. The application of these mechanisms may lead to novel assemblies with tailored physicochemical properties.
