TY  - JOUR
AB  - Molecular self-assembly constitutes a versatile strategy for creating functional structures on surfaces. Tuning the subtle balance between intermolecular and molecule-surface interactions allows structure formation to be tailored at the single-molecule level. While metal surfaces usually exhibit interaction strengths in an energy range that favors molecular self-assembly, dielectric surfaces having low surface energies often lack sufficient interactions with adsorbed molecules. As a consequence, application-relevant, bulk insulating materials pose significant challenges when considering them as supporting substrates for molecular self-assembly. Here, the current status of molecular self-assembly on surfaces of wide-bandgap dielectric crystals, investigated under ultrahigh vacuum conditions at room temperature, is reviewed. To address the major issues currently limiting the applicability of molecular self-assembly principles in the case of dielectric surfaces, a systematic discussion of general strategies is provided for anchoring organic molecules to bulk insulating materials.
DA  - 2013
DO  - 10.1002/adma.201300604
KW  - self-assembly
KW  - molecule-surface interactions
KW  - non-contact atomic force
KW  - microscopy
KW  - molecular adsorption
KW  - insulating surfaces
LA  - eng
IS  - 29
M2  - 3948
PY  - 2013
SN  - 0935-9648
SP  - 3948-3956
T2  - Advances Materials
TI  - Tuning Molecular Self-Assembly on Bulk Insulator Surfaces by Anchoring of the Organic Building Blocks
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138015
Y2  - 2024-11-22T03:03:47
ER  -