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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physical Chemistry C Année : 2014

Atomic Scale Modelling of Two-Dimensional Molecular Self-Assembly on a Passivated Si Surface

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The self-assembly of two-dimensional (2D) molecular structures on a solid surface relies on the subtle balance between non covalent intermolecular and molecule-surface forces. The energetics of 2D molecular lattices forming different patterns on a passivated semiconductor surface are here investigated by a combination of atomistic simulation methods. Density-functional theory provides structure and charges of the molecules, while metadynamics with empirical forces provides a best guess for the lowest-energy adsorption sites of single molecules and dimers. Subsequently, molecular dynamics simulations of extended molecular assemblies with empirical forces yield the most favorable lattice structures at finite temperature and pressure.The theoretical results are in good agreement with scanning tunneling microscopy observations of self-assembled molecular monolayers on a B-doped Si(111) surface, thus allowing to rationalize the competition of long-range dispersion forces between the molecules and the surface. Such a result demonstrates the interest of this predictive approach for further progress in supramolecular chemistry on semiconductor surfaces
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hal-01015467 , version 1 (26-06-2014)

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Guillaume Copie, Younes Makoudi, Christophe Krzeminski, Frederic Cherioux, Frank Palmino, et al.. Atomic Scale Modelling of Two-Dimensional Molecular Self-Assembly on a Passivated Si Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118 (24), pp.12817-12825. ⟨10.1021/jp501955v⟩. ⟨hal-01015467⟩
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