Dynamic mode AFM of pyrene nanosheets

Mykhailo Vybornyi, Alexander Rudnev, and Robert Häner of the chemistry department of Berne university used the Nanosurf Flex-Axiom system to characterize extra-large nanosheets assembled from Pyrene molecules ( Chem. Mater., 2015, 27, 1426–31). The sheets reached sizes of over 10µm in diameter. Imaging was carried out in dynamic mode. Data were processed with the SPIP image processing and 3D visualization software by Image Metrology.

molecular structure

Structure of 1,6-bis-Alkynyl-substituted pyrene oligomer Py3, and schematic of assembled nanosheet

Adapted with permission from Vybornyi et al. Chem. Mater. 27, 1426–31. Copyright 2015 American Chemical Society.

3D topography of single pyrene nanosheet


Image size: 19.3 µm x 19.3 µm

Adapted with permission from Vybornyi et al. Chem. Mater. 27, 1426–31. Copyright 2015 American Chemical Society.

Nanosheets topography

Image size: 25 µm x 25 µm

Adapted with permission from Vybornyi et al. Chem. Mater. 27, 1426–31. Copyright 2015 American Chemical Society.

Height histogram


Height distribution of image 3; colors correspond to those of the topography image

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