<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gruznev, D. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Matetskiy, A. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">L. V. Bondarenko</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Utas, O. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zotov, A. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saranin, A. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chou, J. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wei, C. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lai, M. Y.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wang, Y. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stepwise self-assembly of C-60 mediated by atomic scale moiré magnifiers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATURE COMMUNICATIONS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{APR}</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1679</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Self-assembly of atoms or molecules on a crystal surface is considered one of the most promising methods to create molecular devices. Here we report a stepwise self-assembly of C60 molecules into islands with unusual shapes and preferred sizes on a gold–indium-covered Si(111) surface. Specifically, 19-mer islands prefer a non-compact boomerang shape, whereas hexagonal 37-mer islands exhibit extraordinarily enhanced stability and abundance. The stepwise self-assembly is mediated by the moiré interference between an island with its underlying lattice, which essentially maps out the adsorption-energy landscape of a C60 on different positions of the surface with a lateral magnification factor and dictates the probability for the subsequent attachment of C60 to an island’s periphery. Our discovery suggests a new method for exploiting the moiré interference to dynamically assist the self-assembly of particles and provides an unexplored tactic of engineering atomic scale moiré magnifiers to facilitate the growth of monodispersed mesoscopic structures.&lt;/p&gt;
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