Adsorption structures and energetics of molecules on metal surfaces: Bridging experiment and theory

RJ Maurer, VG Ruiz, J Camarillo-Cisneros… - Progress in Surface …, 2016 - Elsevier
Adsorption geometry and stability of organic molecules on surfaces are key parameters that
determine the observable properties and functions of hybrid inorganic/organic systems …

Multi‐Component Organic Layers on Metal Substrates

E Goiri, P Borghetti, A El‐Sayed, JE Ortega… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly high hopes are being placed on organic semiconductors for a variety of
applications. Progress along these lines, however, requires the design and growth of …

High spin polarization at ferromagnetic metal–organic interfaces: a generic property

F Djeghloul, M Gruber, E Urbain, D Xenioti… - The journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A high spin polarization of states around the Fermi level, EF, at room temperature has been
measured in the past at the interface between a few molecular candidates and the …

Light-induced translation of motorized molecules on a surface

A Saywell, A Bakker, J Mielke, T Kumagai, M Wolf… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molecular machines are a key component in the vision of molecular nanotechnology and
have the potential to transport molecular species and cargo on surfaces. The motion of such …

Driving nanocars and nanomachines at interfaces: from concept of nanoarchitectonics to actual use in world wide race and hand operation

Y Shirai, K Minami, W Nakanishi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanomachine and molecular machines are state-of-the-art objects in current physics and
chemistry. The operation and manufacturing of nanosize machines are top-level …

The Frontier of Molecular Spintronics Based on Multiple‐Decker Phthalocyaninato TbIII Single‐Molecule Magnets

K Katoh, T Komeda, M Yamashita - The Chemical Record, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the first example of a double‐decker complex (SnPc2) was discovered in 1936,
MPc2 complexes with π systems and chemical and physical stabilities have been used as …

Flexible self-assembled molecular templates on graphene

K Banerjee, A Kumar, FF Canova… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report on molecular self-assembly employing a host–guest architecture to pattern the
growth of molecules on graphene model surface. Under suitable conditions, the 1, 3, 5 …

Thermal and electronic fluctuations of flexible adsorbed molecules: Azobenzene on Ag (111)

RJ Maurer, W Liu, I Poltavsky, T Stecher, H Oberhofer… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We investigate the thermal and electronic collective fluctuations that contribute to the finite-
temperature adsorption properties of flexible adsorbates on surfaces on the example of the …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the self-assembly of TCNQ on Cu (111): a combined study based on scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments and density functional …

D Stradi, B Borca, S Barja, M Garnica, C Díaz… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure of self-assembled monolayers of 7, 7′, 8, 8′-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane
(TCNQ) adsorbed on Cu (111) has been studied using a combination of scanning tunnelling …

Dynamics and thermal stability of surface-confined metal–organic chains

D Écija, M Marschall, J Reichert, A Kasperski… - Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics and thermal stability of metallosupramolecular chains on
surfaces is of relevance for the development of molecular connectors in nanoelectronics or …