Figure 1

(a) Chemical structure of the FFPB molecule. (b) Top view of the Au(111)-(1 × 2) surface with atoms (inset: side view) (c) Large-area scanning tunneling microscopy topography of the self-assembly. (d, e) Close view of the molecules obtained with two different voltages. (f) High-resolution atomic force microscopy image obtained with a FFPB tip. (g) Top and side views of the relaxed molecule on the substrate using density functional theory calculations. A full color version of this figure is available at Polymer Journal online.