Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Source Publication
Nanotechnology
Source ISSN
0957-4484
Abstract
A novel apex-modified cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) derivative with an attached thiolane-containing lipoic acid linker was directly patterned onto gold substrates via dip-pen nanolithography (DPN). The addition of a dithiolane-containing linker to the apex of CTV provides a molecule that can adhere to a gold surface with its bowl-shaped cavity directed away from the surface, thereby providing a surface-bound CTV host that can be used for the directed assembly of guest molecules. Subsequent exposure of these CTV microarrays to C60 in toluene resulted in the directed assembly of predesigned, spatially controlled, high-density microarrays of C60. The molecular recognition capabilities of this CTV template toward C60 provides proof-of-concept that supramolecular CTV scaffolds can be directly patterned onto surfaces providing a foundation for the development of organic electronic and optoelectronic materials.
Recommended Citation
Osner, Zachary R.; Nyamjav, Dorjderem; Holz, Richard C.; and Becker, Daniel P., "Direct Patterning of a Cyclotriveratrylene Derivative for Directed Self-assembly of C60" (2011). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 288.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/288
Comments
Accepted version. Nanotechnology. Vol. 22, No. 27 (July 8, 2011): 275611. DOI. © Copyright 2019 IOP Publishing. Used with permission.
Richard C. Holz was affiliated with Loyola University-Chicago at the time of publication.