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Zhang X, Ding H, Yang S, Yang H, Yang X, Li B, Xing X, Sun Y, Gu G, Chen X, Gao J, Pan M, Chi L, Guo Q. Kinetic Controlled Chirality Transfer and Induction in 2D Hydrogen-Bonding Assemblies of Glycylglycine on Au(111). SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207111. [PMID: 36599616 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Chirality transfer is of vital importance that dominates the structure and functionality of biological systems and living matters. External physical stimulations, e.g. polarized light and mechanical forces, can trigger the chirality symmetry breaking, leading to the appearance of the enantiomeric entities created from a chiral self-assembly of achiral molecule. Here, several 2D assemblies with different chirality, synthesized on Au(111) surface by using achiral building blocks - glycylglycine (digly), the simplest polypeptide are reported. By delicately tuning the kinetic factors, i.e., one-step slow/rapid deposition, or stepwise slow deposition with mild annealing, achiral square hydrogen-bond organic frameworks (HOF), homochiral rhombic HOF and racemic rectangular assembly are achieved, respectively. Chirality induction and related symmetry broken in assemblies are introduced by the handedness (H-bond configurations in principle) of the assembled motifs and then amplified to the entire assemblies via the interaction between motifs. The results show that the chirality transfer and induction of biological assemblies can be tuned by altering the kinetic factors instead of applying external forces, which may offer an in-depth understanding and practical approach to peptide chiral assembly on the surfaces and can further facilitate the design of desired complex biomolecular superstructures.
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- Xin Zhang
- School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Information Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
- Zhuhai Fudan Innovation Institute, Zhuhai, 519000, China
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- School of Information Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Zhuhai Fudan Innovation Institute, Zhuhai, 519000, China
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- School of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Xi'an University, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Unksov IN, Korosec CS, Surendiran P, Verardo D, Lyttleton R, Forde NR, Linke H. Through the Eyes of Creators: Observing Artificial Molecular Motors. ACS NANOSCIENCE AU 2022; 2:140-159. [PMID: 35726277 PMCID: PMC9204826 DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.1c00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Inspired by molecular
motors in biology, there has been significant
progress in building artificial molecular motors, using a number of
quite distinct approaches. As the constructs become more sophisticated,
there is also an increasing need to directly observe the motion of
artificial motors at the nanoscale and to characterize their performance.
Here, we review the most used methods that tackle those tasks. We
aim to help experimentalists with an overview of the available tools
used for different types of synthetic motors and to choose the method
most suited for the size of a motor and the desired measurements,
such as the generated force or distances in the moving system. Furthermore,
for many envisioned applications of synthetic motors, it will be a
requirement to guide and control directed motions. We therefore also
provide a perspective on how motors can be observed on structures
that allow for directional guidance, such as nanowires and microchannels.
Thus, this Review facilitates the future research on synthetic molecular
motors, where observations at a single-motor level and a detailed
characterization of motion will promote applications.
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- Ivan N. Unksov
- Solid State Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Solid State Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
- AlignedBio AB, Medicon Village, Scheeletorget 1, 223 63 Lund, Sweden
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- Solid State Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Solid State Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Steeno R, Minoia A, Lazzaroni R, Mali KS, De Feyter S. Host-guest chemistry under confinement: peeking at early self-assembly events. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3138-3141. [PMID: 35171159 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc07206d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanoscopic lateral confinement created on a graphite surface enabled the study of embryonic stages of molecular self-assembly on solid surfaces using scanning tunneling microscopy performed at the solution/solid interface.
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- Roelof Steeno
- Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Materials Research Institute, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Lebedenko CG, Banerjee IA. Investigation of Self‐Assembly of Symmetric and Asymmetric Peptide Bolaamphiphiles by COSMO‐RS and Atomistic Simulations and Their Interactions with POPC Bilayers. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Fordham University 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 USA
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Ferreira Q, Delfino CL, Morgado J, Alcácer L. Bottom-Up Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures Built by STM at the Solid/Liquid Interface. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E382. [PMID: 30691079 PMCID: PMC6384807 DOI: 10.3390/ma12030382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
One of the lines of research on organic devices is focused on their miniaturization to obtain denser and faster electronic circuits. The challenge is to build devices adding atom by atom or molecule by molecule until the desired structures are achieved. To do this job, techniques able to see and manipulate matter at this scale are needed. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been the selected technique by scientists to develop smart and functional unimolecular devices. This review article compiles the latest developments in this field giving examples of supramolecular systems monitored and fabricated at the molecular scale by bottom-up approaches using STM at the solid/liquid interface.
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- Quirina Ferreira
- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
- Department of Bioengineering , Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Nirmalraj P, Dos Santos MC, Salazar Rios JM, Davila D, Vargas F, Scherf U, Loi MA. Polymer-Nanocarbon Topological and Electronic Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:6225-6230. [PMID: 29733657 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The electronic structure of semiconducting carbon nanotubes selected through polymer functionalization is routinely verified by measuring the spectral van Hove singularity signature under ultraclean vacuum conditions. Interpreting the effect of unperturbed polymer adsorption on the nanotube energetic bands in solvent media is experimentally challenging owing to solvent molecular crowding around the hybrid complex. Here, a liquid-based scanning tunneling microscope and spectroscope operating in a noise-free laboratory is used to resolve the polymer-semiconducting carbon-nanotube-underlying graphene heterostructure in the presence of encompassing solvent molecules. The spectroscopic measurements highlight the role of polymer packing and graphene landscape on the electronic shifts induced in the nanotube energy bands. Together with molecular dynamics simulations, our experimental findings emphasize the necessity of recording physicochemical and electronic properties of liquid-phase solubilized hybrid materials in their native state.
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- Peter Nirmalraj
- IBM Research - Zurich , Säumerstrasse 4 , CH-8803 Rüschlikon , Switzerland
- Adolphe Merkle Institute , University of Fribourg , Chemin des Verdiers 4 , CH-1700 Fribourg , Switzerland
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- Photophysics and OptoElectronics, Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen 9747 , The Netherlands
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- Photophysics and OptoElectronics, Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen 9747 , The Netherlands
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- IBM Research - Zurich , Säumerstrasse 4 , CH-8803 Rüschlikon , Switzerland
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- IBM Research - Zurich , Säumerstrasse 4 , CH-8803 Rüschlikon , Switzerland
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- Macromolecular Chemistry , Bergische Universität Wuppertal , Gauss-Str. 20 , D-42119 Wuppertal , Germany
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- Photophysics and OptoElectronics, Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials , University of Groningen , Groningen 9747 , The Netherlands
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Nirmalraj P, Daly R, Martin N, Thompson D. Motion of Fullerenes around Topological Defects on Metals: Implications for the Progress of Molecular Scale Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:7897-7902. [PMID: 28233982 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Research on motion of molecules in the presence of thermal noise is central for progress in two-terminal molecular scale electronic devices. However, it is still unclear what influence imperfections in bottom metal electrode surface can have on molecular motion. Here, we report a two-layer crowding study, detailing the early stages of surface motion of fullerene molecules on Au(111) with nanoscale pores in a n-tetradecane chemical environment. The motion of the fullerenes is directed by crowding of the underlying n-tetradecane molecules around the pore fringes at the liquid-solid interface. We observe in real-space the growth of molecular populations around different pore geometries. Supported by atomic-scale modeling, our findings extend the established picture of molecular crowding by revealing that trapped solvent molecules serve as prime nucleation sites at nanopore fringes.
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- Peter Nirmalraj
- IBM Research-Zurich , Säumerstrasse 4, CH- 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge , 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
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- Departmento de Quimica Organica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick , Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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Bouju X, Mattioli C, Franc G, Pujol A, Gourdon A. Bicomponent Supramolecular Architectures at the Vacuum–Solid Interface. Chem Rev 2017; 117:1407-1444. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Xavier Bouju
- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, CEMES, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, 29 Rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
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Fingerprinting Electronic Molecular Complexes in Liquid. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19009. [PMID: 26743542 PMCID: PMC4705545 DOI: 10.1038/srep19009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Predicting the electronic framework of an organic molecule under practical conditions is essential if the molecules are to be wired in a realistic circuit. This demands a clear description of the molecular energy levels and dynamics as it adapts to the feedback from its evolving chemical environment and the surface topology. Here, we address this issue by monitoring in real-time the structural stability and intrinsic molecular resonance states of fullerene (C60)-based hybrid molecules in the presence of the solvent. Energetic levels of C60 hybrids are resolved by in situ scanning tunnelling spectroscopy with an energy resolution in the order of 0.1 eV at room-temperature. An ultra-thin organic spacer layer serves to limit contact metal-molecule energy overlap. The measured molecular conductance gap spread is statistically benchmarked against first principles electronic structure calculations and used to quantify the diversity in electronic species within a standard population of molecules. These findings provide important progress towards understanding conduction mechanisms at a single-molecular level and in serving as useful guidelines for rational design of robust nanoscale devices based on functional organic molecules.
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Reimers JR, Panduwinata D, Visser J, Chin Y, Tang C, Goerigk L, Ford MJ, Sintic M, Sum TJ, Coenen MJJ, Hendriksen BLM, Elemans JAAW, Hush NS, Crossley MJ. A priori calculations of the free energy of formation from solution of polymorphic self-assembled monolayers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E6101-10. [PMID: 26512115 PMCID: PMC4653194 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516984112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Modern quantum chemical electronic structure methods typically applied to localized chemical bonding are developed to predict atomic structures and free energies for meso-tetraalkylporphyrin self-assembled monolayer (SAM) polymorph formation from organic solution on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite surfaces. Large polymorph-dependent dispersion-induced substrate-molecule interactions (e.g., -100 kcal mol(-1) to -150 kcal mol(-1) for tetratrisdecylporphyrin) are found to drive SAM formation, opposed nearly completely by large polymorph-dependent dispersion-induced solvent interactions (70-110 kcal mol(-1)) and entropy effects (25-40 kcal mol(-1) at 298 K) favoring dissolution. Dielectric continuum models of the solvent are used, facilitating consideration of many possible SAM polymorphs, along with quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical and dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations. These predict and interpret newly measured and existing high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy images of SAM structure, rationalizing polymorph formation conditions. A wide range of molecular condensed matter properties at room temperature now appear suitable for prediction and analysis using electronic structure calculations.
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- Jeffrey R Reimers
- International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structure, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia;
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; School of Biomolecular Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
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