Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

γ-Graphyne is the most symmetric sp2/sp1 allotrope of carbon, which can be viewed as
graphene uniformly expanded through the insertion of two-carbon acetylenic units between …

Silver is a less expensive noble metal. Superior alkynophilicity due to π-coordination with
the carbon–carbon triple bond makes silver salts ideal catalysts for alkyne-based organic …

Understanding how molecules interact to form large-scale hierarchical structures on
surfaces holds promise for building designer nanoscale constructs with defined chemical …

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation followed by oxidative cyclization with unsaturated
coupling partners has been a valuable synthetic tool for the multiring molecular scaffolds …

Conspectus Carbon-based nanostructures have attracted tremendous interest because of
their versatile and tunable properties, which depend on the bonding type of the constituting …

Triangulene and its homologues are of considerable interest for molecular spintronics due to
their high-spin ground states as well as the potential for constructing high spin frameworks …

The use of solid supports and ultra-high vacuum conditions for the synthesis of two-
dimensional polymers is attractive, as it can enable thorough characterization, often with …

On-surface synthesis is the bottom-up construction of covalent bonds between molecular
building blocks, which has been greatly developed during the past decade. Dozens of …