Multicomponent Monolayer Architectures at the Solid-Liquid Interfaces Towards Controlled Space-Confined Properties and Reactivity of Functional Building Blocks

摘要

Achieving full, nanometer-scale control over the positioning and organization of molecules into monolayers at surfaces represents a major challenge, with potential interest in the field of fabrication of multifunctional nanodevices. Bottom-up approaches successfully exploit the self-assembly of molecules to generate preprogrammed structures and patterns on such a scale. In this context, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is a tool of choice to characterize the molecular packing on solid surfaces and unravel dynamic processes such as organic monolayer formation, in particular at the solid-liquid interface.