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Supramolecular porous network formed by molecular recognition between chemically modified nucleobases guanine and cytosine

  • Wei Xu*
  • , Jian Guo Wang
  • , Mikkel F. Jacobsen
  • , Manuela Mura
  • , Miao Yu
  • , Ross E.A. Kelly
  • , Qiang Qiang Meng
  • , Erik Lægsgaard
  • , Ivan Stensgaard
  • , Trolle R. Linderoth
  • , Jørgen Kjems
  • , Lev N. Kantorovich
  • , Kurt V. Gothelf
  • , Flemming Besenbacher
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Aarhus University
  • Tongji University
  • Zhejiang University of Technology
  • King's College London
  • University College London

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Abstract

In a stable relationship: Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding plays a key role in stabilizing the highly ordered supramolecular porous structure formed by co-deposition of biomimetically modified nucleobases cytosine and guanine onto a Au(111) surface under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. A combination of high-resolution STM imaging and density functional theory has been used to determine the structure of the network (see picture).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9373-9377
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume49
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • density functional calculations
  • hydrogen bonds
  • molecular recognition
  • nucleobases
  • scanning probe microscopy

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