Design of Extended Surface-Supported Chiral Metal-Organic Arrays Comprising Mononuclear Iron Centers

摘要

A design strategy for fabricating a surface-supported chiral metal-organic system comprising a regular arrangement of mononuclear iron centers and nanocavities is presented.By sequential deposition of 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic acid (tmla) molecules and iron atoms on a Cu(100) surface under ultrahigh vacuum conditions,chiral square-planar Fe(tmla)_4 metal-organic complexes are generated,which order in extended homochiral arrays.Structure formation and envisioned functionality of such metal-organic architectures are discussed.