• 文献标题:   Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Heteromolecular Nanoporous Molecular Arrays on Epitaxial Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KARMEL HJ, CHIEN TY, DEMERSCARPENTIER V, GARRAMONE JJ, HERSAM MC
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1948-7185
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northwestern Univ
  • 被引频次:   14
  • DOI:   10.1021/jz4025518
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

The development of graphene functionalization strategies that simultaneously achieve two-dimensional (2D) spatial periodicity and substrate registry is of critical importance for graphene-based nanoelectronics and related technologies. Here, we demonstrate the generation of a hydrogen-bonded molecularly thin organic heteromolecular nanoporous network on epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) using room-temperature ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy. In particular, perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) and melamine are intermixed to form a spatially periodic 2D nanoporous network architecture with hexagonal symmetry and a lattice parameter of 3.45 +/- 0.10 nm. The resulting adlayer is in registry with the underlying graphene substrate and possesses a characteristic domain size of 40-50 nm. This molecularly defined nanoporous network holds promise as a template for 2D ordered chemical modification of graphene at lengths scales relevant for graphene band structure engineering.