Mn-Cu Transmetalation as a Strategy for the Assembly of Decoupled Metal-Organic Networks on Sn/Cu(001) Surface Alloys

Surface alloying of Cu(001) by Sn deposition is a finely controllable method of tuning the degree of copper reactivity in order to drive the on-surface assembly and synthesis of metal-organic coordination networks. In this work we show that the (32×2)R45° reconstruction of the Sn/Cu(001) surface all...

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Autores: Machain, Paloma, Fuhr, Javier Daniel, Schneider, S., Carlotto, Silvia, Casarin, M., Cossaro, A., Verdini, A., Floreano, L., Lingenfelder, Magalí Alejandra, Gayone, Julio Esteban, Ascolani, Hugo del Lujan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/146423
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/146423
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SUPERFICIES
COORDINACIÓN
STM
MANGANESO
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Sumario:Surface alloying of Cu(001) by Sn deposition is a finely controllable method of tuning the degree of copper reactivity in order to drive the on-surface assembly and synthesis of metal-organic coordination networks. In this work we show that the (32×2)R45° reconstruction of the Sn/Cu(001) surface alloy acts as a weakly interacting substrate ideal for the assembly of rectangular metal-organic networks based on transition metals. As a demonstration, we have grown a two-dimensional coordination network formed by manganese and TCNQ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) with 1:1 stoichiometry. In contrast with the same structure grown on Au(111), the use of the Sn/Cu(001) substrate enables a commensurate structure with larger and more regular ordered domains. We show that the formation of a Cu-TCNQ coordination network and subsequent Mn-Cu transmetalation reactions are the key steps of the growth mechanism. Moreover, ab initio density-functional calculations indicate that the system studied in the present work is a unique example of a metal-organic coordination network weakly interacting with the substrate.