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2D metal-organic frameworks from organic carbonitrile molecules on weakly interacting substrates
Kurowská, Anna ; Torre, Bruno de la (oponent) ; Blatnik, Matthias (vedoucí práce)
Molecular self-assembly is a spontaneous association of molecules into well-defined supra-molecular structures on surfaces. Organic molecules exhibiting self-assembly can act as building blocks at the nanoscale and allow for a bottom-up synthesis of atomically precise arrangements, e.g., two-dimensional (2D) nanoarrays. The incorporation of metal atoms leads to the formation of a 2D metal-organic framework (2D MOF). Therein, embedded (magnetic) metal atoms are arranged in a periodic way, linked by organic linker units. At the surface of a material, this holds powerful opportunities, e.g., to change the electronic properties of a material or enable the usage of exotic new states of matter in device technology. This thesis studies assembled structures of carbonitrile molecules and transitional metal atoms on coinage metal and topological insulator surfaces. The molecules HATCN and DCA are tested as suitable candidates for organic linker units. We present especially LEEM and STM results for molecular self-assembly on both types of surfaces and for the metal-organic structure formation on coinage metals. In particular, the DCA molecules show high potential as a linker. We successfully formed a long-range ordered MOF with Fe atoms on the Ag(111) surface and a molecular self-assembly was observed for DCA deposited on Bi2Se3.
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