Surface self-assembly of the cyanuric acid-melamine hydrogen bonded network

A hydrogen-bonded bimolecular network formed between cyanuric acid (CA) and melamine (M), CA-M, has been prepared by a surface-based self-assembly process; the monolayer CA-M network is prepared under ultra-high vacuum conditions either by sequential deposition of CA followed by M, or through simultaneous deposition of the component molecular species.