Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 374–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.34
Figure 1: Schematic drawing of a molecule attached to the surface via a tripodal structure.
Figure 2: Aliphatic tripodal structures 1–5.
Figure 3: Trialkylarylsilane platforms 6–8.
Figure 4: Structure of extended adamantane-based scaffolds 9–12.
Figure 5: Structure of adamantane tripodal molecules 13–16.
Figure 6: (a) UHV-NC-AFM image (350 × 350 nm2, Δf = −28 Hz) of 4-carboxyazobenzene 13 adsorbed on Au(111) usi...
Figure 7: Adamantane-based tripods 17–20.
Figure 8: (a) ORTEP drawing of 17 as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis at 100 K. Ellips...
Figure 9: Schematic adsorption models of trimers (a), hexagon (b) and SAMs (c) of 17 on Au(111). B (B’) is th...
Figure 10: Adamantane and cyclohexane-based tridental platforms.
Figure 11: Structure of aliphatic multipodal adsorbates.
Figure 12: Functionalized tetraphenylmethane tripods 29–32.
Figure 13: Structure of pyridine terminated platforms 33–35.
Figure 14: Structures of the junctions used for the ab initio transport calculations, (a) 34 (111) model and (...
Figure 15: Redox-active tripodal structures 36 and 37.
Figure 16: Self-decoupled porphyrin with a tetraphenylmethane scaffold 38.
Figure 17: Schematic configuration of 38 on Au(111) and localized electrical excitation from a nanotip. Reprin...
Figure 18: Structure of tripodal [2]rotaxanes 39.
Figure 19: Tetraphenylsilane-based platforms 40.
Figure 20: Structure of surface-bound molecular motors 41 for gold surfaces.
Figure 21: Fullerene-terminated tetraphenylmethane platforms 42 and 43.
Figure 22: Structure of the tripodal luminescent ruthenium complex 44.
Figure 23: Bis(terpyridine)–Fe(II) oligomer wires terminated with a tripodal scaffold 45.
Figure 24: Structure of altitudinal light-driven molecular motors 46 and 47 for gold surfaces.
Figure 25: Structure of the rigid 9,9’-spirobifluorene platform 48.
Figure 26: (a) Highly ordered island of molecular tripods 48 (yellow) and remaining CH2Cl2 (dark purple) on th...
Figure 27: Organometallic tripodal scaffolds 49–51.
Figure 28: Dipolar and nonpolar altitudinal molecular rotors 52 and 53.
Figure 29: Optimized representative eclipsed (A) and staggered (B) conformations of the MMP diastereomer of 52...
Figure 30: Structure of triazatriangulenium 54 and trioxatriangulenium 55 scaffolds.
Figure 31: (a) STM image of a porphyrin–TATA adlayer of a zinc-porphyrin derivative of the octyl-TATA platform ...