Gear-meshed tiling of surfaces with molecular pentagonal stars

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jan 15;136(2):606-9. doi: 10.1021/ja411279r. Epub 2014 Jan 3.

Abstract

The assembly of the chiral pentagonal-star-shaped 1,3,5,7,9-pentaphenylcorannulene on a Cu(111) surface has been studied with scanning tunneling microscopy. Two different long-range ordered phases coexist at 60 K, most likely racemic and homochiral phases. The principal motifs emulate a network of meshed gears. One of the observed structures resembles the densest packing of five-fold symmetric stars.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemical synthesis*
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemistry
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • 1,3,5,7,9-pentaphenylcorannulene
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Copper