We demonstrate the suitability of the Ag/Pt(111) strain-relief pattern as efficient template for controlling the formation of well defined heteromolecular nanostructures. Two different species of molecular building blocks with complementary end-group functionalities are combined on this surface, which results in the formation of robust bimolecular nanoribbons driven by the interplay of the site specific adsorption on the strain-relief pattern with the highly directional intermolecular hydrogen-bonding intrinsic to the free bimolecular system.
Christian Ludwig, Michel Rossi, Riccardo Iannarelli
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Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Diogo Filipe Mateus Rodrigues, Adrien Oulevey