Advanced Materials, Vol.13, No.4, 243-243, 2001
Self-assembled hexagonal nanoarrays of novel macrocyclic oligothiophene-diacetylenes
The self-assembly of macrocyclic conjugated oligothiophene-diacetylenes at the liquid/solid interface is investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Well-ordered and stable hexagonal nanoarrays (see Figure) are formed. The molecular parameters of the individual macrocycles determined from the STM images are confirmed by semiempirical calculations (see also cover).