In this presentation, I’ll focus on different strategies developed in our group to control molecular self-assembly at the nanoscale on graphitic substrates such as graphite and graphene. Various stimulus activated strategies to control or influence pattern formation at the liquid-solid interface will be presented, including those involving light, temperature, and electric fields. Furthermore, we will illustrate how by liquid flow at the macroscale and by local nanolithography approaches the directionality of self-assembly processes can be tuned. In addition, strategies to control pattern formation in case of competing self-assembly pathways will be revealed.

Controlling molecular self-assembly on graphene and graphite at the nanoscale: Combining bottom-up and top-down strategies

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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