Directing two-dimensional molecular crystallization using guest templates†
Matthew Blunt,Xiang Lin,Maria del Carmen Gimenez-Lopez,Martin Schröder,Neil R. Champness,Peter H. Beton
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/08/2008 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B801267A
Abstract

The use of a coronene guest template directs the formation of a 2D Kagomé network in preference to alternative close packed and parallel hydrogen-bonded structures of tetracarboxylic acid tectons self-assembled from solution on a graphite surface.

Graphical abstract: Directing two-dimensional molecular crystallization using guest templates