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Dimerization Boosts One-Dimensional Mobility of Conformationally Adapted Porphyrins on a Hexagonal Surface Atomic Lattice

TitleDimerization Boosts One-Dimensional Mobility of Conformationally Adapted Porphyrins on a Hexagonal Surface Atomic Lattice
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsEichberger M, Marschall M, Reichert J, Weber-Bargioni A, Auwarter W, Wang RL, Kreuzer HJ, Pennec Y, Schiffrin A, Barth JV
JournalNano Letters
Volume8
Pagination4608-4613
Date PublishedDec
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number1530-6984
Accession Numberhttp://apps.isiknowledge.com/InboundService.do?Func=Frame&product=WOS&action=retrieve&SrcApp=EndNote&Init=Yes&SrcAuth=ResearchSoft&mode=FullRecord&UT=000261630700090
KeywordsADDED-ROW RECONSTRUCTION, ADSORPTION, CU(110), DIFFUSION, LARGE ORGANIC-MOLECULES, MECHANISM, METAL-SURFACES, MIGRATION, NANOSTRUCTURES, STM
Abstract

We employed temperature-controlled fast-scanning tunneling microscopy to monitor the diffusion of tetrapyridylporphyrin molecules on the Cu(111) surface. The data reveal unidirectional thermal migration of conformationally adapted monomers in the 300-360 K temperature range. Surprisingly equally oriented molecules spontaneously form dimers that feature a drastically increased one-dimensional diffusivity. The analysis of the bonding and mobility characteristics indicates that this boost is driven by a collective transport mechanism of a metallosupramolecular complex.

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Alternate JournalNano Lett.

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