Giant thermal expansion of a two-dimensional supramolecular network triggered by alkyl chain motion
oleh: Sebastian Scherb, Antoine Hinaut, Rémy Pawlak, J. G. Vilhena, Yi Liu, Sara Freund, Zhao Liu, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen, Thilo Glatzel, Akimitsu Narita, Ernst Meyer
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01 |
Deskripsi
The intrinsic flexibility of molecules opens the door to unusual physical properties. Now, a large thermal expansion coefficient of 980 ± 110 × 10−6 K−1 is observed by scanning probe microscopy in a supramolecular network on a gold surface.