Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14(3), 5686-5693; doi:10.3390/ijms14035686
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Role of Thermal Process on Self-Assembled Structures of 4'-([2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin]-4'-Yl)-[1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-Carboxylic Acid on Au(III)

Xiaoqing Liu 1 email, Yongli Wang 2 email, Xin Song 1 email, Feng Chen 1 email, Hongping Ouyang 1 email, Xueao Zhang 3 email, Yingxiang Cai 1 email, Xiaoming Liu 2,4,* email and Li Wang 1,3,5,* email
1 Department of Physics, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China 2 Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China 3 College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China 4 Chemical Sciences and Engineering, College of Biological, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China 5 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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Received: 23 November 2012; in revised form: 24 January 2013 / Accepted: 18 February 2013 / Published: 11 March 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Self-Assembly 2012)
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Abstract: The role of dynamic processes on self-assembled structures of 4'-([2,2':6', 2''-terpyridin]-4'-yl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carboxylic acid (l) molecules on Au(III) has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. The as-deposited monolayer is closed-packed and periodic in a short-range due to dipole forces. A thermal annealing process at 110 degrees drives such disordered monolayer into ordered chain-like structures, determined by the combination of the dipole forces and hydrogen bonding. Further annealing at 130 degrees turns the whole monolayer into a bowknot-like structure in which hydrogen bonding plays the dominant role in the formation of assembled structures. Such dependence of an assembled structure on the process demonstrates that an assembled structure can be regulated and controlled not only by the molecular structure but also by the thermal process to form the assembled structure.
Keywords: dynamic processes; self-assembled structure; hydrogen bond; dipole

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Liu, X.; Wang, Y.; Song, X.; Chen, F.; Ouyang, H.; Zhang, X.; Cai, Y.; Liu, X.; Wang, L. Role of Thermal Process on Self-Assembled Structures of 4'-([2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin]-4'-Yl)-[1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-Carboxylic Acid on Au(III). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 5686-5693.

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Liu X, Wang Y, Song X, Chen F, Ouyang H, Zhang X, Cai Y, Liu X, Wang L. Role of Thermal Process on Self-Assembled Structures of 4'-([2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin]-4'-Yl)-[1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-Carboxylic Acid on Au(III). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013; 14(3):5686-5693.

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Liu, Xiaoqing; Wang, Yongli; Song, Xin; Chen, Feng; Ouyang, Hongping; Zhang, Xueao; Cai, Yingxiang; Liu, Xiaoming; Wang, Li. 2013. "Role of Thermal Process on Self-Assembled Structures of 4'-([2,2':6',2''-Terpyridin]-4'-Yl)-[1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-Carboxylic Acid on Au(III)." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, no. 3: 5686-5693.

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