In-architecture X-ray assisted C-Br dissociation for on-surface fabrication of diamondoid chains

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Main Authors: Wang, Yan, Grabicki, Niklas, Orio, Hibiki, Li, Juan, Gao, Jie, Zhang, Xiaoxi, Cerqueira, Tiago F. T., Marques, Miguel A. L., Jiang, Zhaotan, Reinert, Friedrich, Dumele, Oliver, Palma, Carlos-Andres
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author Wang, Yan
Grabicki, Niklas
Orio, Hibiki
Li, Juan
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Xiaoxi
Cerqueira, Tiago F. T.
Marques, Miguel A. L.
Jiang, Zhaotan
Reinert, Friedrich
Dumele, Oliver
Palma, Carlos-Andres
author_facet Wang, Yan
Grabicki, Niklas
Orio, Hibiki
Li, Juan
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Xiaoxi
Cerqueira, Tiago F. T.
Marques, Miguel A. L.
Jiang, Zhaotan
Reinert, Friedrich
Dumele, Oliver
Palma, Carlos-Andres
contents The fabrication of well-defined, low-dimensional diamondoid-based materials is a promising approach for tailoring diamond properties such as superconductivity. On-surface self-assembly of halogenated diamondoids under ultrahigh vacuum conditions represents an effective strategy in this direction, enabling reactivity exploration and on-surface synthesis approaches. Here we demonstrate through scanning probe microscopy, time-of-flight mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy, that self-assembled layers of dibromodiamantanes on gold can be debrominated at atomic wavelengths (Al K$α$ at 8.87 $\mathring{A}$ and Mg K$α$ at 9.89 $\mathring{A}$) and low temperatures without affecting their well-defined arrangement. The resulting 'in-architecture' debromination enables the fabrication of diamantane chains from self-assembled precursors in close proximity, which is otherwise inaccessible through annealing on metal surfaces. Our work introduces a novel approach for the fabrication of nanodiamond chains, with significant implications for in-architecture and layer-by-layer synthesis.
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spellingShingle In-architecture X-ray assisted C-Br dissociation for on-surface fabrication of diamondoid chains
Wang, Yan
Grabicki, Niklas
Orio, Hibiki
Li, Juan
Gao, Jie
Zhang, Xiaoxi
Cerqueira, Tiago F. T.
Marques, Miguel A. L.
Jiang, Zhaotan
Reinert, Friedrich
Dumele, Oliver
Palma, Carlos-Andres
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
The fabrication of well-defined, low-dimensional diamondoid-based materials is a promising approach for tailoring diamond properties such as superconductivity. On-surface self-assembly of halogenated diamondoids under ultrahigh vacuum conditions represents an effective strategy in this direction, enabling reactivity exploration and on-surface synthesis approaches. Here we demonstrate through scanning probe microscopy, time-of-flight mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy, that self-assembled layers of dibromodiamantanes on gold can be debrominated at atomic wavelengths (Al K$α$ at 8.87 $\mathring{A}$ and Mg K$α$ at 9.89 $\mathring{A}$) and low temperatures without affecting their well-defined arrangement. The resulting 'in-architecture' debromination enables the fabrication of diamantane chains from self-assembled precursors in close proximity, which is otherwise inaccessible through annealing on metal surfaces. Our work introduces a novel approach for the fabrication of nanodiamond chains, with significant implications for in-architecture and layer-by-layer synthesis.
title In-architecture X-ray assisted C-Br dissociation for on-surface fabrication of diamondoid chains
topic Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19466