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Chem. Commun., 2007, 4860 - 4862, DOI: 10.1039/b712082f

Template-directed supramolecular self-assembly of coordination dumbbells at surfaces

Nian Lin, Alexander Langner, Steven L. Tait, Chandrasekar Rajadurai, Mario Ruben and Klaus Kern

Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals, at single-molecular resolution, how external parameters—substrate morphology and guest addition—re-direct the assembly of dumbbell-shaped coordination supramolecules towards different surface-confined supramolecular organizations.

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