Mapping the force field of a hydrogen-bonded assembly

Sweetman, Adam, Jarvis, Samuel Paul, Sang, Hongqian, Lekkas, Ioannis, Rahe, Philipp, Wang, Yu, Wang, Jianbo, Champness, Neil R., Kantorovich, Lev and Moriarty, Philip (2014) Mapping the force field of a hydrogen-bonded assembly. Nature Communications, 5 . 3931/1-3931/7. ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Hydrogen bonding underpins the properties of a vast array of systems spanning a wide variety of scientific fields. From the elegance of base pair interactions in DNA to the symmetry of extended supramolecular assemblies, hydrogen bonds play an essential role in directing intermolecular forces. Yet fundamental aspects of the hydrogen bond continue to be vigorously debated. Here we use dynamic force microscopy (DFM) to quantitatively map the tip-sample force field for naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimide molecules hydrogen-bonded in two-dimensional assemblies. A comparison of experimental images and force spectra with their simulated counterparts shows that intermolecular contrast arises from repulsive tip-sample interactions whose interpretation can be aided via an examination of charge density depletion across the molecular system. Interpreting DFM images of hydrogen-bonded systems therefore necessitates detailed consideration of the coupled tip-molecule system: analyses based on intermolecular charge density in the absence of the tip fail to capture the essential physical chemistry underpinning the imaging mechanism.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/728048
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4931
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Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2016 14:13
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 16:47
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/31710

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