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Controlled patterning of highly oriented pyrolitic graphite with well-defined 3D nanostructures is realized by steered uniaxial alignment of multilayered [2.2]paracyclophane-based building blocks bearing functional clips (see picture). Their in-plane self-assembly allows exact positioning of vertical structural elements with precisely defined nanoscale spacing.
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