Issue 37, 2011
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Chemical Communications

(S)-Lysineadsorption induces the formation of gold nanofingers on Au{111}†‡

K. E. Wilson,a   H. A. Früchtl,a   F. Grilloa  and  C. J. Baddeley*a  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, North Haugh, Fife, UK
E-mail: cjb14@st-andrews.ac.uk

Abstract

STM imaging following the adsorption of (S)-lysine on Au{111} leads to the observation of Au nanofingers whose growth directions correlate with the unit cell vectors of ordered 2-D phases of lysine. The likely mechanism of surface restructuring is discussed.

Graphical abstract: (S)-Lysine adsorption induces the formation of gold nanofingers on Au{111}

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13257A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jun 2011
Accepted
27 Jul 2011
First published
16 Aug 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10365-10367

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(S)-Lysine adsorption induces the formation of gold nanofingers on Au{111}

K. E. Wilson, H. A. Früchtl, F. Grillo and C. J. Baddeley, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10365 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13257A

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