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Interfacial Supramolecular Assemblies
ISBN: 978-0-471-49071-5
March 2003
408 pages
Supramolecular assemblies, constructed using single electro- or photoactive molecules as building blocks, offer a striking way to create materials whose organized architecture makes them suitable for developing molecular electronic devices. To achieve this objective, one must not only be able to direct the fabrication of the assembly and characterize it fully, it is also important to be able to address the nanoscopic structure, i.e., to connect the everyday macroscopic and nanoscopic worlds. The best approach to realizing this key objective is to use solid surfaces as platforms.
This book describes the properties of supramolecular assemblies that are constructed on solid platforms but where the properties of the support play a very significant role in the overall properties of the system, i.e., its distinct functions can no longer be assigned to the molecular components and the platform on which it is assembled.
In a novel, highly integrated manner, this book describes: