Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Hexaphenylbenzene Derivatives with Different Symmetry and Number of Carboxylic Acid at Liquid/Solid Interfaces

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• 作者：Lixin Cai ; Liancheng Wang ; Shizhao Kang ; Yanfang Geng ; Ke Deng ; Qiyu Zheng ; Qingdao Zeng
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 8, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：120
• 期：48
• 页码：27259-27267
• 全文大小：643K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Functional molecules, especially with carboxyl groups are crucial in building supramolecular structures. It is great important to study the effect of the symmetry, number of carboxyl groups on the self-assembly behavior of corresponding molecules. A series of hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) derivatives (HPB-1,3,5-3A, HPB-1,2,4-3A, and HPB-1,4-2A) substituted with different number of carboxyl groups at different position have been synthesized and their self-assembled structures were investigated at both 1-phenyloctane/HOPG and heptanoic acid/HOPG interfaces by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique. The self-assembled mechanisms of these HPB-based compounds were further studied with the help of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results indicate that symmetry and number of carboxyl groups as well as solvent play a significant role on the tuning self-assemble process resulting in various structures.