# Emergence of conformational diversity and complexity of supramolecular structure by the interaction of a simple molecule with a uniform surface

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-025-01607-x

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2025-07-24

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## Title

- title: Emergence of conformational diversity and complexity of supramolecular structure
    by the interaction of a simple molecule with a uniform surface
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: The emergence of complexity during self-assembly of simple molecular
    building blocks is an important aspect in the synthesis of nanoarchitectures from
    supramolecular functional units. In particular, two-dimensional nanostructures
    are important from the point-of-view of technological applications. Here, a remarkably
    complex on surface network is observed to form spontaneously from a single molecular
    module (porphyrin) having multiple site-specific conformations. The interplay
    of different physicochemical interactions at the surface contributes to the site-specific
    symmetry breaking of the porphyrin conformation, and was investigated at different
    substrates. Molecular conformational flexure, relocation in the corrugated surface
    potential, interactions with surface state electrons, and last but not least mutual
    intermolecular binding by hydrogen bonding at different elevations above the substrate
    are critical elements. We discuss the possibility of surfaces and interfaces causing
    quasi-degeneracy of molecular configurations in supramolecular self-assembly,
    and the adsorbate-adsorbent interface as the driver for this system to behave
    counterintuitively to equilibrium thermodynamics.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: S. Fatemeh Mousavi
  role: author
- name: Aisha Ahsan
  role: author
- name: Aaron Oechsle
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- name: Narmadha Devi
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- name: Yoshitaka Matsushita
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4968-8905
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Luiza Buimaga-Iarinca
  role: author
- name: Cristian Morari
  role: author
- name: Waka Nakanishi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-1839
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Katsuhiko Ariga
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2445-2955
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Yutaka Wakayama
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0801-8884
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
- name: Yusuke Yamauchi
  role: author
- name: Thomas A. Jung
  role: author
- name: Jonathan P. Hill
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4229-5842
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science

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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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## Keyword

- subject: Porphyrin
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- subject: Self-assembly
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- subject: scanning tunneling microscopy
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- subject: kagome lattice
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- subject: hydrogen bonding
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- identifier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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## Journal

- title: Communications Chemistry
  issn: '23993669'
  volume: '8'
  issue: '1'
  article_number: '214'

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## Funding

- identifier: JPMJER2003
  funder_name: Japan Science and Technology Agency
  description: Yamauchi Space Tectonics Project
- identifier: '200020_162512'
  funder_name: Swiss National Science Foundation

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