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Concentration-dependent rhombitrihexagonal tiling patterns at the liquid/solid interface.

ABSTRACT: We report STM investigations on a linear oligophenyleneethylene (OPE)-based self-assembling Pd(ii) complex 1 that forms highly-ordered concentration dependent patterns on HOPG. At high concentration, 2D lamellar structures are observed whereas the dilution of the system below a critical concentration leads to the formation of visually attractive rhombitrihexagonal Archimedean tiling arrangements featuring three different kinds of polygons: triangles, hexagons and rhombi. The key participation of the Cl ligands attached to the Pd(ii) centre in multiple C-H···Cl interactions was demonstrated by comparing the patterns of 1 with those of an analogous non-metallic system 2.

SUBMITTER: Stepanenko V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523081 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Concentration-dependent rhombitrihexagonal tiling patterns at the liquid/solid interface.

Stepanenko Vladimir V Kandanelli Ramesh R Uemura Shinobu S Würthner Frank F Fernández Gustavo G

Chemical science 20150722 10

We report STM investigations on a linear oligophenyleneethylene (OPE)-based self-assembling Pd(ii) complex 1 that forms highly-ordered concentration dependent patterns on HOPG. At high concentration, 2D lamellar structures are observed whereas the dilution of the system below a critical concentration leads to the formation of visually attractive rhombitrihexagonal Archimedean tiling arrangements featuring three different kinds of polygons: triangles, hexagons and rhombi. The key pa ...[more]

PMID: 28791089

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