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Coverage-Dependent Disorder-to-Order Phase Transformation of a Uracil Derivative on Ag(111)

Enache, Mihaela and Maggini, Laura and Llanes-Pallas, Anna and Jung, Thomas A. and Bonifazi, Davide and Stohr, Meike. (2014) Coverage-Dependent Disorder-to-Order Phase Transformation of a Uracil Derivative on Ag(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118 (28). pp. 15286-15291.

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Abstract

The self-organization of an angular bis(uracil-ethynyl) benzene derivative is investigated on Ag(111) by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions. It is found—starting at low submonolayer coverage—that upon increasing the molecular coverage a disorder-to-order phase transformation occurs. Specifically, at low and intermediate molecular coverage a glassy phase consisting of one-dimensional (1D) chains and 2D aggregates is observed, while close to a first complete molecular layer, a well-ordered 2D close-packed phase is revealed. The main driving forces responsible for the structure formation are (i) the high self-complementarity of the uracil (U) moiety, resulting in U–U homopairs through 2-fold C═O···H–N H-bonds and (ii) the steric hindrance induced in the system by the alkyl chains. The delicate balance between the molecule–molecule and the molecule–substrate interactions leads to a complex phase behavior of the uracil derivative at the solid–vacuum interface. On the basis of this detailed study, we present a qualitative understanding of the peculiar phase behavior of the system.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Nanomechanik (Meyer)
UniBasel Contributors:Jung, Thomas A.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Chemical Society
ISSN:1932-7447
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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