Synthesis and self-assembly of giant porphyrin discs

Marga C. Lensen; Sandra J. T. van Dingenen; Johannes A. A. W. Elemans; Harm P. Dijkstra; Gerard P. M. van Klink; Gerard van Koten; Jan W. Gerritsen; Sylvia Speller; Roeland J. M. Nolte; Alan E. Rowan

doi:10.1039/B401324G

Synthesis and self-assembly of giant porphyrin discs†

Marga C. Lensen,^a Sandra J. T. van Dingenen,^a Johannes A. A. W. Elemans,*^a Harm P. Dijkstra,^b Gerard P. M. van Klink,^b Gerard van Koten,^b Jan W. Gerritsen,^a Sylvia Speller,^a Roeland J. M. Nolte^a and Alan E. Rowan*^a

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A giant porphyrin disc (M_w = 15 kDa) has been synthesized and its self-assembly behaviour at an interface studied by liquid STM which reveals the presence of huge domains (>400 × 400 nm²) of very well ordered and molecularly resolved columnar stacks.

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Synthesis and self-assembly of giant porphyrin discs†

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