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Metal-Organic Honeycomb Nanomeshes with Tunable Cavity Size
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Institut de Physique des Nanostructures, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and Departamento de Fisica de Materiales and Unidad de Fisica de Materiales, E- 20018 San Sebastian, Spain, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany, PHAS-AMPEL, University of British Columbia, 2355 East Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada, and Physik Department E20, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Received September 26, 2007
Revised October 31, 2007
Abstract:
We present a systematic study of metal-organic honeycomb lattices assembled from simple ditopic molecular bricks and Co atoms on
Ag(111). This approach enables us to fabricate size- and shape-controlled open nanomeshes with pore dimensions up to 5.7 nm. The networks
are thermally robust while extending over 
m2 large areas as single domains. They are shape resistant in the presence of further deposited
materials and represent templates to organize guest species and realize molecular rotary systems.
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