Abstract

The configuration of the superlattices, formed from liquid-crystalline molecules on a graphite surface, are controllable through their alkyl substituents. This control may be attributed to the interplay of molecular steric interaction and the 2 D crystallization of alkyl chains. Two such lattices, as observed by STM, are shown in the accompanying graphic (C12- and (inset) C14-substituted molecules).

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