Chirality Transfer from a Single Chiral Molecule to 2D Superstructures in Alaninol on the Cu(100) Surface (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Chirality Transfer from a Single Chiral Molecule to 2D Superstructures in Alaninol on the Cu(100) Surface (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1166/nnl.2011.1242 (literal)
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  • Contini G., Gori P., Ronci F., Zema N., Colonna S., Aschi M., Palma A., Turchini S., Catone D., Cricenti A., Prosperi T. (2011)
    Chirality Transfer from a Single Chiral Molecule to 2D Superstructures in Alaninol on the Cu(100) Surface
    in Langmuir
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  • Contini G., Gori P., Ronci F., Zema N., Colonna S., Aschi M., Palma A., Turchini S., Catone D., Cricenti A., Prosperi T. (literal)
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  • 7410 (literal)
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  • 7418 (literal)
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  • 27 (literal)
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  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la200110r (literal)
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  • Istituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, Via Salaria Km 29.3, 00015 Monterotondo S. (RM), Italy Dipartimento di Chimica, Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Università di L’Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy Centro interdipartimentale Nanoscienze & Nanotecnologie & Strumentazione (NAST), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Roma 00133, Italy (literal)
Titolo
  • Chirality Transfer from a Single Chiral Molecule to 2D Superstructures in Alaninol on the Cu(100) Surface (literal)
Abstract
  • The formation of 2D chiral monolayers obtained by self-assembly of chiral molecules on surfaces has been widely reported in the literature. Control of chirality transfer from a single molecule to surface superstructures is a challenging and important aspect for tailoring the properties of 2D nanostructures. However, despite the wealth of investigations performed in recent years, how chiral transfer takes place on a large scale still remains an open question. In this paper we report a coupling of scanning tunneling microscopy and low energy electron diffraction measurements with an original theoretical approach, combining molecular dynamics and essential dynamics with density functional theory, to investigate self-assembled chiral structures formed when alaninol adsorbs on Cu(100). The peculiarity of this system is related to the formation of tetrameric molecular structures which constitute the building blocks of the self-assembled chiral monolayer. Such characteristics make alaninol/Cu(100) a good candidate to reveal chiral expression changes. We find that the deposition of alaninol enantiomers results in the formation of isolated tetramers that are aligned along the directions of the substrate at low coverage or when geometrical confinement prevents long-range order. Conversely, a rotation of 14° with respect to the Cu(100) unit vectors is observed when small clusters of tetramers are formed. An insight to the process leading to a 2D globally chiral surface has been obtained by monitoring molecular assemblies as they grow from the early stages of adsorption, suggesting that the distinctive orientation of the self-assembled monolayer originates from a balance of cooperating forces which start acting only when tetramers pack together to form small clusters. (literal)
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