Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-8-2011

Publication Title

Nanotechnology

Volume

22

Issue

27

Pages

1-23

Publisher Name

Institute of Physics

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.

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Author Posting © Institute of Physics, 2011. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Institute of Physics for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Nanotechnology, Volume 22, Issue 27, July 18, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/27/275611

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