On-surface solvent-free crystal-to-co-crystal conversion by non-covalent interactions

Meital Boterashvili, Michal Lahav, Sreejith Shankar, Antonio Facchetti, Milko E. Van Der Boom*

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Abstract

Enabling and understanding new methodologies to fabricate molecular assemblies driven by intermolecular interactions is fundamental in chemistry. Such forces can be used to control crystal growth and enable surface-confinement of these materials, which remains challenging. Here we demonstrate for the first time, a solvent-free on-surface crystal-to-co-crystal conversion process driven by halogen bonding (XB). By exposing a polycrystalline organic material, consisting of a XB-acceptor moiety, to the vapors of a complementary XB-donor compound, the corresponding halogen-bonded co-crystals were formed. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this approach can also be utilized for non-crystalline materials to afford surface-confined organic composites. Our stepwise vapor-based approach offers a new strategy for the formation of hybrid supramolecular materials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11926-11929
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume136
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 27 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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