{"title":"Self-assembly of aromatic molecules over zeolite (0 1 0) surfaces: An AFM and semiempirical study","authors":"Masaharu Komiyama, Takemi Shimaguchi, Minming Gu , Hai-Ming Wu","doi":"10.1016/S0968-5677(98)00092-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Self-assembly of pyridine base molecules, pyridine and b-picoline, were observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) on (0<!--> <!-->1<!--> <!-->0) surfaces of natural zeolites, heulandite and stilbite, respectively. The molecular array structures of the self-assembled adlayers were determined from the AFM images, and they showed well-ordered, two-dimensional (quasi-) hexagonal lattice structures. Orientations of the molecules within the 2D adlayers were also estimated from the AFM images, and their energetics were calculated by means of a semiempirical molecular orbital method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22050,"journal":{"name":"Supramolecular Science","volume":"5 5","pages":"Pages 635-637"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0968-5677(98)00092-3","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Supramolecular Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968567798000923","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Self-assembly of pyridine base molecules, pyridine and b-picoline, were observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) on (0 1 0) surfaces of natural zeolites, heulandite and stilbite, respectively. The molecular array structures of the self-assembled adlayers were determined from the AFM images, and they showed well-ordered, two-dimensional (quasi-) hexagonal lattice structures. Orientations of the molecules within the 2D adlayers were also estimated from the AFM images, and their energetics were calculated by means of a semiempirical molecular orbital method.