The design of surface-confined metal-organic nanoarchitectures is a relevant research field providing prospects in functional materials. In this thesis, we have investigated lanthanide-directed metal-organic networks amenable to scanning tunneling microscopy, by exploiting the coordination between appropriate molecular linkers and lanthanide elements. To this aim, cerium (Ce), gadolinium (Gd) and europium (Eu) were chosen as f-block elements, whereas molecular species equipped with terminal carbonitrile or carboxylate functional groups are utilized as linkers.
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The design of surface-confined metal-organic nanoarchitectures is a relevant research field providing prospects in functional materials. In this thesis, we have investigated lanthanide-directed metal-organic networks amenable to scanning tunneling microscopy, by exploiting the coordination between appropriate molecular linkers and lanthanide elements. To this aim, cerium (Ce), gadolinium (Gd) and europium (Eu) were chosen as f-block elements, whereas molecular species equipped with terminal carb...
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