Polymorphism and metal-induced structural transformation in 5,5′-bis(4-pyridyl)(2,2′-bispyrimidine) adlayers on Au(111)
Metal-organic coordination networks self-assembled on surfaces have emerged as functional low-dimensional architectures with potential applications ranging from the fabrication of functional nanodevices to electrocatalysis. Among them, bis-pyridyl-bispyrimidine (PBP) and Fe-PBP on noble metal surfac...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/113511 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/113511 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | SELF ASSEMLED 2D METAL ORGANIC NETWORKS STM DFT XPS https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Metal-organic coordination networks self-assembled on surfaces have emerged as functional low-dimensional architectures with potential applications ranging from the fabrication of functional nanodevices to electrocatalysis. Among them, bis-pyridyl-bispyrimidine (PBP) and Fe-PBP on noble metal surfaces appear as interesting systems to reveal details of molecular self-assembly and the effect of metal incorporation on the organic network arrangement. Here, we report a combined STM, XPS, and DFT study revealing polymorphism for bis-pyridyl-bispyrimidine adsorbed adlayers on the reconstructed Au(111) surface. The polymorphic structures are converted by the addition of Fe adatoms into one unique Fe-PBP surface structure. DFT calculations show that while all PBP phases exhibit similar thermodynamic stability, metal incorporation selects the PBP structure which maximizes the number of Fe-N close contacts. Charge transfer from the Fe adatom to the Au substrate and N-Fe interactions stabilize the Fe-PBP adlayer. The increased thermodynamic stability of the metal-stabilized structure leads to its sole expression on the surface. |
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