• 文献标题:   Switchable supramolecular assemblies on graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHOU QY, LI YB, LI Q, WANG YB, YANG YL, FANG Y, WANG C
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Ctr Nanosci Technol
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4nr01796j
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We studied the self-assembly of trimesic acid on single- and few-layer graphene supported by SiO2 substrates. A scanning tunneling microscope operated under ambient conditions was utilized to image supramolecular networks of trimesic acid at liquid-graphene interfaces. Trimesic acid can self-assemble into large-scale, highly ordered adlayers on graphene surfaces. Phase transition of the trimesic acid adlayer from a close-packed structure to a porous chicken-wire structure was observed by changing from single- to few-layer graphene, which was attributed to the modulation of molecule-graphene interactions by the layer number of graphene. The guest-induced phase transition of trimesic acid by complexation with coronene on single-layer graphene further confirms that supramolecular networks on graphene can be rationally tailored with sub-nanometer resolution by balancing between intermolecular vs. molecule-graphene interactions. We further investigated the effects of trimesic acid adlayers on the electronic transport properties of graphene transistors. The adsorption of trimesic acid induces p-doping and defects in the adlayers cause scattering of charge carriers in single-layer graphene.