Published June 19, 2006 | Version v1
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Layer-by-layer growth of porphyrin supramolecular thin films

  • 1. Kansai Advanced Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2401 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027 (Japan)

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Multilayer thin film growth of carboxyphenyl-substituted porphyrin on Au(111) was investigated by means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The carboxyphenyl-substituted porphyrins are assembled into supramolecular wires on Au(111) by sequential hydrogen bonding between carboxyphenyl groups, and the dense aggregation of the supramolecular wires results in the formation of the first monolayer film. By further molecular deposition, the layer-by-layer growth of the supramolecular wires has been observed, leading to the supramolecular thin film growth

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
88
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 253113-253113.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics