Abstract
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is studied on Ag(111) and Cu(111) surfaces using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). We find that DES molecules on the silver surface adsorb intact and adopt a trans-conformation. On the more reactive copper surface, O-H bond cleavage results in molecular adsorption in the cis-conformation, thus providing the means of obtaining different adsorption geometries. The difference in isomerism is reflected in the observed self-assemblies which exhibit room-temperature stability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 12495-12498 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 88 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |