Adsorption Behavior of a Cyano-Functionalized Porphyrin on Cu(111) and Ag(111): From Molecular Wires to Ordered Supramolecular Two-Dimensional Aggregates

Lepper M, Schmitt T, Gurrath M, Raschmann M, Zhang L, Stark MW, Hölzel H, Jux N, Meyer B, Schneider MA, Steinrück HP, Marbach H (2017)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

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Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Book Volume: 121

Pages Range: 26361-26371

Journal Issue: 47

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08382

Abstract

We investigate the impact of peripheral cyano functionalization of the previously well-studied 2H-tetraphenylporphyrin (2HTPP) by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT). The adsorption behavior of 2H-tetralds(p-cyano)-phenylporphyrin (2HTCNPP) is studied at room temperature and at 80 K on Cu(111) and Ag(111). Interestingly, the cyano-functionalized porphyrins tend to form isolated ID chains on Cu(111), in particular after mild annealing at 350 K. The individual 2HTCNPPs as well as the formed chains are oriented along the main crystallographic directions of the Cu(111) substrate due to a strongly attractive and site-specific interaction between the iminic nitrogens of the 2HTCNPP and Cu substrate atoms. The linking within the 1D molecular chains is realized by Cu adatoms as evidenced by comparison of STM and DFT. In contrast, on Ag(111) the molecules assemble into 2D supramolecular layers with long-range order and a square unit cell, stabilized by molecule-molecule interactions. The orientation of the molecules with respect to the unit cell lattice vectors leads to organizational chirality. By codeposition of cobalt, the porphyrin molecules are metalated at room temperature. We did not observe any evidence for metal-organic network formation on Ag(111), even after varying the deposition parameters or the order of metal and porphyrin deposition. Our study shows that cyano functionalization of porphyrins can give rise to novel and unique self-assembled structures like 1D molecular chains without any cross-connections via adatom linking.

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Lepper, M., Schmitt, T., Gurrath, M., Raschmann, M., Zhang, L., Stark, M.W.,... Marbach, H. (2017). Adsorption Behavior of a Cyano-Functionalized Porphyrin on Cu(111) and Ag(111): From Molecular Wires to Ordered Supramolecular Two-Dimensional Aggregates. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(47), 26361-26371. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08382

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Lepper, Michael, et al. "Adsorption Behavior of a Cyano-Functionalized Porphyrin on Cu(111) and Ag(111): From Molecular Wires to Ordered Supramolecular Two-Dimensional Aggregates." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121.47 (2017): 26361-26371.

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