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ArticleACS nano2025

On-Surface Synthesis and Cryogenic Exfoliation of Sterically Frustrated Atropisomers.

Philipp D'Astolfo, J G Vilhena, Simon Rothenbühler, Carl Drechsel, Oscar Gutiérrez-Varela, Robert Häner, Silvio Decurtins, Shi-Xia Liu, Giacomo Prampolini, Rémy Pawlak and 1 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Philipp D'AstolfoDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
J G VilhenaCSIC, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8338-9119
Simon RothenbühlerDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Carl DrechselDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Oscar Gutiérrez-VarelaCSIC, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7140-4801
Robert HänerDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5014-4318
Silvio DecurtinsDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Shi-Xia LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6104-4320
Giacomo PrampoliniCNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0547-8893
Rémy PawlakDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8295-7241
Ernst MeyerDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6385-3412

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Abstract

On-surface synthesis provides exceptional control over nanostructure and material composition, enabling the creation of molecular compounds that are difficult or impossible to obtain with other synthesis methods. In this work, we demonstrate the possibility of synthesizing atropisomeric molecules made of chains of polyaromatic hydrocarbon units via on-surface synthesis. Scanning probe microscopy reveals that molecules adsorbed on Au(111) surfaces adopt a planar structure, with adjacent monomeric units aligning either in parallel or antiparallel configurations, influencing the alignment of the molecule on the surface. Cryo-force spectroscopy peeling experiments show that metastable conformers can be mechanically stabilized during the lifting-redeposition process of the polymer from the surface. In this process, periodic drops in frequency shift are observed, corresponding to monomer detachment-readsorption. Interestingly, this periodicity is independent of the parallel/antiparallel configuration but is counterintuitively smaller than the monomer size. Molecular dynamics simulations relate this effective reduction in unit length to a tethering effect between the chain and the surface. This, in turn, allowed us to test and validate Silva's analytical phenomenological power law model for peeling. Our findings not only provide a method for studying the elusive class 1 atropisomeric molecules but also offer deeper insight into the peeling phenomenon at the nanoscale.

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molecular dynamicsnanomanipulationon-surface synthesisSPMstereochemistry

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PMID40168186
PMCPMC12005049

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