Switchable self-assembly of a bioinspired alkyl catechol at a solid/liquid interface: competitive interfacial, noncovalent, and solvent interactions.

This work was partly funded by grants MAT 2009–13977-C03, CTQ2007– 60613/BQU, CTQ2010–15380/BQU, CONSOLIDER NANOSELECTCSD2007– 00041, and FIS2009–13370-C02–02. J.S.-P. thanks the Generalitat de Catalunya for a FI predoctoral grant and the Institut Catal de Nanotecnologia for their support