Molecular Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Systems Observed by STM

Shinobu Uemura; Ryota Tanoue; Neval Yilmaz; Akihiro Ohira; Masashi Kunitake

doi:10.3390/ma3084252

Molecular Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Systems Observed by STM

Materials (Basel). 2010 Aug 6;3(8):4252-4276. doi: 10.3390/ma3084252.

Authors

Shinobu Uemura¹, Ryota Tanoue², Neval Yilmaz³, Akihiro Ohira⁴, Masashi Kunitake^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. shinoue@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
² Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. 095d8336@st.kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
³ JST-CREST, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. nevaly@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan. a-oohira@aist.go.jp.
⁵ Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. kunitake@chem.kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
⁶ JST-CREST, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. kunitake@chem.kumamoto-u.ac.jp.

Abstract

Since the invention of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), 2D supramolecular architectures have been observed under various experimental conditions. The construction of these architectures arises from the balance between interactions at the medium-solid interface. This review summarizes molecular motion observed in 2D-supramolecular structures on surfaces using nanospace resolution STM. The observation of molecular motion on surfaces provides a visual understanding of intermolecular interactions, which are the major driving force behind supramolecular arrangement.

Keywords: adsorption-induced; dynamics; scanning tunneling microscopy (STM); self-assembly; self-crystallization.

Publication types

Review