On-surface isostructural transformation from a hydrogen-bonded network to a coordination network for tuning the pore size and guest recognition

• Published in: Chemical science (Cambridge) Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 1272 - 1277
• Main Authors: Zhou, Dong-Dong, Wang, Jun, Chen, Pin, He, Yangyong, Wu, Jun-Xi, Gao, Sen, Zhong, Zhihao, Du, Yunfei, Zhong, Dingyong, Zhang, Jie-Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 13.11.2020; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: Chemistry; Coordination; Fullerenes; Gold; Hydrogen; Hydrogen bonding; Hydrogen bonds; Imidazole; Metal surfaces; Networks; Pore size; Porosity; Recognition; Silver; Tuning

Rational manipulation of supramolecular structures on surfaces is of great importance and challenging. We show that imidazole-based hydrogen-bonded networks on a metal surface can transform into an isostructural coordination network for facile tuning of the pore size and guest recognition behaviours...