124 Pierce Hall, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Nat Chem. 2010 Feb;2(2):87-95. doi: 10.1038/nchem.517. Epub 2010 Jan 22.
The design of networks of organic molecules at metal surfaces, highly attractive for a variety of applications ranging from molecular electronics to gas sensors to protective coatings, has matured to a degree that patterns with multinanometre unit cells and almost any arbitrary geometry can be fabricated. This Review provides an overview of vacuum-deposited organic networks at metal surfaces, using intermolecular hydrogen bonding, metal-atom coordination and in situ polymerization. Recent progress in these areas highlights how the design of surface patterns can benefit from the wealth of information available from solution- and bulk-phase chemistry, while at the same time providing novel insights into the nature of such bonds through the applicability of direct scanning probe imaging at metal surfaces.
在金属表面设计有机分子网络对于从分子电子学到气体传感器到防护涂层等各种应用都极具吸引力，其设计已经成熟到可以制造具有多纳米单元和几乎任何任意几何形状的图案。本综述介绍了使用分子间氢键、金属原子配位和原位聚合在金属表面沉积有机网络的方法。这些领域的最新进展强调了如何通过直接扫描探针成像在金属表面的应用，从溶液和体相化学中获取丰富的信息，来设计表面图案，同时也为这些键的性质提供了新的见解。
