Abstract
Achieving exquisite control of the structural organization in molecular arrangements of π-conjugated(macro)molecules with tailored chemical functionalities and physicalproperties is an essential prerequisite for the reproducible fabrication ofhigh-performance molecular electronic devices. This paper reports onthe exploitation of scanning probe microscopies to investigate π-conjugatedoligomeric and polymeric architectures assembled on flat solid substrates. Thesetechniques provide genuine insight into the structure of the moleculararrangements as well as into their physicochemical properties over a wide range oflength scales. Moreover, they allow one to manipulate organic adsorbateswith a precision on the molecular scale, opening a pathway towards thenanopatterning of surfaces and the development of single-molecule devices.
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