Robust supramolecular network on Ag(111): hydrogen-bond enhancement through partial alcohol dehydrogenation.

ABSTRACT

Alcohol oxidation and self-assembly the in situ oxidation of hydroxyl functional groups to quinone groups promotes the formation of enhanced hydrogen bonds and allows reorganization of the resulting supramolecular self-assemblies, which evolve from a weakly bound dense phase to a strongly bound nanoporous open structure (see picture).