To date, supramolecular chemistry is an ever growing research field owing to its crucial role in molecular catalysis, recognition, medicine, data storage and processing as well as artificial photosynthetic devices.Different isolated supramolecules were prepared by molecular self-assembly on surfaces. This review mainly focuses on supramolecular aggregations on noble metal surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, including dimers, trimers, tetramers, pentamers, wire-like assemblies and Sierpin′ ski triangular fractals. The variety of self-assembled structures reflects the subtle balance between intermolecular and molecule–substrate interactions, which to some extent may be controlled by molecules, substrates and the molecular coverage. The comparative study of different architectures helps identifying the operative mechanisms that lead to the structural motifs. The application of these mechanisms may lead to novel assemblies with tailored physicochemical properties.
Fractals play an important role in mathematics, aesthetic, science, and engineering. The representative Sierpinski-triangle fractals have been successfully constructed by V-shape molecules in experiments. The molecular Sierpinski triangles formed by molecules with linear backbones have been theoretically predicted but not experimentally discovered. To achieve this goal in the experiment, we used[1,1';4',1'';4'',1''']-quaterphenyl-3,40 0-dicarbonitrile molecules as building blocks and employed cobalt atoms as cements, then successfully obtained metal-organic Sierpinski triangles with an order up to 2 on the Au(111) surface. There are twenty-four types of three-fold coordination nodes formed between the metal atom and organic ligands via coordinate interactions. The coexistence of various nodes is responsible for that the highest order of Sierpinski triangles is limited to 2.
Xue ZhangRuoning LiNa LiGaochen GuYajie ZhangShimin HouYongfeng Wang
In this paper,configuration parameters of the waveguide are altered independently or simultaneously to control the cutoff frequencies of the guided band.The independent control range of the upper and lower cutoff frequencies is 55.0% and 63.9% of the photonic band gap(PBG),respectively.The regulating range of the simultaneous tuning can be as large as 28.6% in terms of the PBG,or 240% in terms of the bandwidth.This tuning cutoff frequency method provides an efficient way to tailor the guided band and further tune the optical properties of PhCWs.
使用导电原子力显微镜（Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy，CAFM）对电压应力作用下HfO2栅介质薄膜局域漏电点的形成和产生机制进行了研究，结果表明，在电压应力作用下，HfO2介质层中的缺陷被驱动和聚集形成导电通道，产生漏电点。漏电点产生的数量、漏电流大小均受电压应力和作用时间的影响。HfO2栅介质层中晶界处的缺陷密度高于晶粒处，导致晶界处更容易产生漏电通道。在栅介质击穿过程中，电压应力在诱发漏电流产生的同时产生焦耳热，对HfO2介质表面造成热损伤，导致击穿后HfO2介质表面出现凹陷。
采用脉冲激光沉积法,在Pt/SiO2/Si的基底上制备CeO2薄膜,并使用导电原子力显微镜（Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy, CAFM）对CeO2薄膜的局域阻变效应及其形成机制进行了研究.结果表明,CeO2薄膜具有双极性阻变特性,且复位过程中出现多阻态,限流值的大小影响开启的导电通道数量,并对其低组态阻值和开关比有显著影响.采用导电细丝模型对CeO2薄膜的阻变机制进行分析,表明氧缺位的形成及其在电压作用下的迁移是导电细丝形成和破灭的关键.
