Predicting the influence of a p2-symmetric substrate on molecular self-organization with an interaction-site model

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 14;47(6):1800-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03603j. Epub 2010 Dec 3.

Abstract

An interaction-site model can a priori predict molecular self-organisation on a new substrate in Monte Carlo simulations. This is experimentally confirmed with scanning tunnelling microscopy on Fréchet dendrons of a pentacontane template. Local and global ordering motifs, inclusion molecules and a rotated unit cell are correctly predicted.