Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization
Nanocorrals with different size, shape, and orientation are created on covalently modified highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces using scanning probe nanolithography, i.e., nanoshaving. Alkylated diacetylene molecules undergo laterally confined supramolecular self-assembly within these corrals...
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| author | Verstraete, Lander Greenwood, John Hirsch, Brandon E. De Feyter, Steven |
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| description | Nanocorrals with different size, shape, and orientation are created on covalently modified highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces using scanning probe nanolithography, i.e., nanoshaving. Alkylated diacetylene molecules undergo laterally confined supramolecular self-assembly within these corrals. When nanoshaving is performed in situ, at the liquid–solid interface, the orientation of the supramolecular lamellae structure is directionally influenced by the gradual graphite surface exposure. Careful choice of the nanoshaving direction with respect to the substrate symmetry axes promotes alignment of the supramolecular lamellae within the corral. Self-assembly occurring inside corrals of different size and shape reveals the importance of geometric and kinetic constraints controlled by the nanoshaving process. Finally, seed-mediated crystallization studies demonstrate confinement control over nucleation and growth principles. |
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| spelling | nottingham-404072020-05-04T18:16:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40407/ Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization Verstraete, Lander Greenwood, John Hirsch, Brandon E. De Feyter, Steven Nanocorrals with different size, shape, and orientation are created on covalently modified highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces using scanning probe nanolithography, i.e., nanoshaving. Alkylated diacetylene molecules undergo laterally confined supramolecular self-assembly within these corrals. When nanoshaving is performed in situ, at the liquid–solid interface, the orientation of the supramolecular lamellae structure is directionally influenced by the gradual graphite surface exposure. Careful choice of the nanoshaving direction with respect to the substrate symmetry axes promotes alignment of the supramolecular lamellae within the corral. Self-assembly occurring inside corrals of different size and shape reveals the importance of geometric and kinetic constraints controlled by the nanoshaving process. Finally, seed-mediated crystallization studies demonstrate confinement control over nucleation and growth principles. American Chemical Society 2016-10-17 Article PeerReviewed Verstraete, Lander, Greenwood, John, Hirsch, Brandon E. and De Feyter, Steven (2016) Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization. ACS Nano, 10 (12). pp. 10706-10715. ISSN 1936-086X Self-assembly Confinement Nucleation and growth Scanning tunneling microscopy http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b05954 doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b05954 doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b05954 |
| spellingShingle | Self-assembly Confinement Nucleation and growth Scanning tunneling microscopy Verstraete, Lander Greenwood, John Hirsch, Brandon E. De Feyter, Steven Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title | Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title_full | Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title_fullStr | Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title_short | Self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2D crystallization |
| title_sort | self-assembly under confinement: nanocorrals for understanding fundamentals of 2d crystallization |
| topic | Self-assembly Confinement Nucleation and growth Scanning tunneling microscopy |
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