Citation: Na Li, Xue Zhang, Gao-Chen Gu, Hao Wang, Damian Nieckarz, Paweł Szabelski, Yang He, Yu Wanga, Jing-Tao Lü, Hao Tang, Lian-Mao Peng, Shi-Min Hou, Kai Wu, Yong-Feng Wang. Sierpiński-triangle fractal crystals with the C_3v point group[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(10): 1198-1202. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.08.006 shu

Sierpiński-triangle fractal crystals with the C_3v point group

Na Li ¹ ,
Xue Zhang ¹ ,
Gao-Chen Gu ¹ ,
Hao Wang ¹ ,
Damian Nieckarz ² ,
Paweł Szabelski ^2,, ,
Yang He ¹ ,
Yu Wanga ¹ ,
Jing-Tao Lü ^3,4 ,
Hao Tang ⁶ ,
Lian-Mao Peng ¹ ,
Shi-Min Hou ¹ ,
Kai Wu ^5,, ,
Yong-Feng Wang ^1,4,,

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1 Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
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2 Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Miria-Curie Skłodowska University, PL. M. C. Skłodowskiej 3, 20-031, Lublin, Poland;
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3 School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
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4 Beida Information Research(BIR), Tianjin 300457, China;
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5 BNLMS, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
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6 Groupe Matériaux Crystallins sous Contrainte, CEMES-CNRS, Boîte Postale 94347, 31055 Toulouse, France

Corresponding author: Paweł Szabelski, Kai Wu, Yong-Feng Wang,
Received Date: 2 August 2015
Available Online: 6 August 2015
Fund Project: This work was jointly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21373020, 21403008, 61321001, 21433011, 21522301, 21133001, 21333001, 913000002) (Nos. 21373020, 21403008, 61321001, 21433011, 21522301, 21133001, 21333001, 913000002) and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20130001110029). (Nos. 2014CB239302, 2013CB933404, 2011CB808702)

Self-similar fractals are of importance in both science and engineering. Metal-organic Sierpiński triangles are particularly attractive for applications in gas separation, catalysis and sensing. Such fractals are constructed in this study by using 120° V-shaped 4, 4"-dicyano-1, 1':3', 1"-terphenyl molecules and Fe atoms on Au(1 1 1), and studied in detail by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Density functional theory calculations are employed to rationalize the invisible Fe atoms in STM images. Monte Carlo simulations are performed to understand the formation mechanism of the surface-supported fractal crystals.
- STM,
- MOF,
- Fractal,
- Sierpiński triangle
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