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Liu J, Li J, Xu Z, Zhou X, Xue Q, Wu T, Zhong M, Li R, Sun R, Shen Z, Tang H, Gao S, Wang B, Hou S, Wang Y. On-surface preparation of coordinated lanthanide-transition-metal clusters. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1619. [PMID: 33712614 PMCID: PMC7954866 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21911-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The study of lanthanide (Ln)-transition-metal (TM) heterometallic clusters which play key roles in various high-tech applications is a rapid growing field of research. Despite the achievement of numerous Ln-TM cluster compounds comprising one Ln atom, the synthesis of Ln-TM clusters containing multiple Ln atoms remains challenging. Here, we present the preparation and self-assembly of a series of Au-bridged heterometallic clusters containing multiple cerium (Ce) atoms via on-surface coordination. By employing different pyridine and nitrile ligands, the ordered coordination assemblies of clusters containing 2, 3 and 4 Ce atoms bridged by Au adatoms are achieved on Au(111) and Au(100), as revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy. Density functional theory calculations uncover the indispensable role of the bridging Au adatoms in constructing the multi-Ce-containing clusters by connecting the Ce atoms via unsupported Ce-Au bonds. These findings demonstrate on-surface coordination as an efficient strategy for preparation and organization of the multi-Ln-containing heterometallic clusters.
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- Jing Liu
- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Division of Quantum State of Matter, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Peking University Information Technology Institute (Tianjin Binhai), Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- CEMES, UPR CNRS 8011, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Division of Quantum State of Matter, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Institute of Spin Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Peking University Information Technology Institute (Tianjin Binhai), Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China.
- Division of Quantum State of Matter, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Institute of Spin Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
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A chiral molecular propeller designed for unidirectional rotations on a surface. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3742. [PMID: 31431627 PMCID: PMC6702202 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11737-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Synthetic molecular machines designed to operate on materials surfaces can convert energy into motion and they may be useful to incorporate into solid state devices. Here, we develop and characterize a multi-component molecular propeller that enables unidirectional rotations on a material surface when energized. Our propeller is composed of a rotator with three molecular blades linked via a ruthenium atom to a ratchet-shaped molecular gear. Upon adsorption on a gold crystal surface, the two dimensional nature of the surface breaks the symmetry and left or right tilting of the molecular gear-teeth induces chirality. The molecular gear dictates the rotational direction of the propellers and step-wise rotations can be induced by applying an electric field or using inelastic tunneling electrons from a scanning tunneling microscope tip. By means of scanning tunneling microscope manipulation and imaging, the rotation steps of individual molecular propellers are directly visualized, which confirms the unidirectional rotations of both left and right handed molecular propellers into clockwise and anticlockwise directions respectively. Controlling the rotation direction of individual molecular machines requires precise design and manipulation. Here, the authors describe a surface-adsorbed molecular propeller that, upon excitation with a scanning tunneling microscope tip, can rotate clockwise or anticlockwise depending on its chirality, and directly visualize its stepwise rotation with STM images.
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Zhang X, Li N, Wang H, Yuan C, Gu G, Zhang Y, Nieckarz D, Szabelski P, Hou S, Teo BK, Wang Y. Influence of Relativistic Effects on Assembled Structures of V-Shaped Bispyridine Molecules on M(111) Surfaces Where M = Cu, Ag, Au. ACS NANO 2017; 11:8511-8518. [PMID: 28726372 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b04559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The self-assembly behavior of a V-shaped bispyridine, 1,3-bi(4-pyridyl)benzene (BPyB), was studied by scanning tunneling microscopy on the (111) surfaces of Cu, Ag, and Au. BPyB molecules coordinately bonded with active Cu adatoms on Cu(111) in the form of complete polygonal rings at low coverages. On Ag(111), BPyB molecules aggregated into two-dimensional islands by relatively weak intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The coexistence of hydrogen bonds and coordination interaction was observed on the BPyB-covered Au(111) substrate. Density functional theory calculations of the metal-molecule binding energy and Monte Carlo simulations were performed to help understand the forming mechanism of molecular superstructures on the surfaces. In particular, the comprehensive orbital composition analysis interprets the observed metal-organic complexes and reveals the importance of relativistic effects for the extraordinary activity of gold adatoms. The relativistic effects cause the energy stability of the Au 6s atomic orbital and decrease the energy separation between the Au 6s and 5d orbitals. The enhanced sd hybridization strengthens the N-Au-N bond in BPyB-Au-BPyB complexes.
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- Xue Zhang
- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Supramolecular Chemistry Laboratory, University of Warsaw , Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Maria-Curie Skłodowska University , Pl. M.C. Skłodowskiej 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
- Peking University Information Technology Institute Tianjin Binhai , Tianjin 300450, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
- Peking University Information Technology Institute Tianjin Binhai , Tianjin 300450, China
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Geng YF, Li P, Li JZ, Zhang XM, Zeng QD, Wang C. STM probing the supramolecular coordination chemistry on solid surface: Structure, dynamic, and reactivity. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pivetta M, Pacchioni GE, Fernandes E, Brune H. Temperature-dependent self-assembly of NC–Ph5–CN molecules on Cu(111). J Chem Phys 2015; 142:101928. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4909518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Marina Pivetta
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Nijs T, Malzner FJ, Fatayer S, Wäckerlin A, Nowakowska S, Constable EC, Housecroft CE, Jung TA. Programmed assembly of 4,2′:6′,4′′-terpyridine derivatives into porous, on-surface networks. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:12297-300. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04186d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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4,2′:6′,4′′-Terpyridine building blocks self-assemble into hydrogen-bonded domains; addition of copper atoms results in an on-surface transformation into a coordination network.
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- Thomas Nijs
- Department of Physics
- University of Basel
- 4056 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Physics
- University of Basel
- 4056 Basel
- Switzerland
- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”
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- Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Paul Scherrer Institut
- 5232 Villigen
- Switzerland
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Zhang N, Samanta SR, Rosen BM, Percec V. Single Electron Transfer in Radical Ion and Radical-Mediated Organic, Materials and Polymer Synthesis. Chem Rev 2014; 114:5848-958. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400689s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Na Zhang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- DuPont Titanium Technologies, Chestnut Run Plaza, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Liang G, Weng LT, Lam JWY, Qin W, Tang BZ. Crystallization-Induced Hybrid Nano-Sheets of Fluorescent Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Sensitive Explosive Detection. ACS Macro Lett 2014; 3:21-25. [PMID: 35632863 DOI: 10.1021/mz4005887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fluorescent organic hybrid nanosheets were generated by crystallization of polymers capped with luminogenic molecules exhibiting aggregation-induced emission characteristics (AIE). During crystallization of polymers, AIE molecules were expelled out of lamellar crystals of polymers, and finally resided on the surface. The fluorescent nanosheets with dangling AIE molecules showed sensitive and specific response to explosives. Such polymer crystallization-induced fluorescent nanomaterials offers a unique avenue to fabricate functional nanomaterials with AIE molecule-enriched domains for potential applications in nanodevices, biological engineering, and so on.
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- Guodong Liang
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No.
9 Yuexing first RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China 518057
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Division of Biomedical
Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- DSAP
lab, PCFM lab, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Materials
Characterization and Preparation Facility, Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No.
9 Yuexing first RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China 518057
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Division of Biomedical
Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No.
9 Yuexing first RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China 518057
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Division of Biomedical
Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No.
9 Yuexing first RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China 518057
- Department
of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Division of Biomedical
Engineering, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong
Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State
Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Lin T, Kuang G, Shang XS, Liu PN, Lin N. Self-assembly of metal–organic coordination networks using on-surface synthesized ligands. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15327-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07604d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A two-step strategy consisting of on-surface synthesis and supramolecular assembly is developed for constructing low-dimensional molecular nanostructures on surfaces.
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- Tao Lin
- Department of Physics
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Clear Water Bay
- Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Clear Water Bay
- Hong Kong, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- Key Lab for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry
- Key Lab for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Clear Water Bay
- Hong Kong, China
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