Advances in high-resolution and spin-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy, as well as
atomic-scale manipulation, have enabled the bottom-up, atom-by-atom creation and …

Using scanning probe microscopy techniques, at low temperatures and in ultrahigh vacuum,
individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be probed with ultrahigh resolution to …

Triangulene, the smallest triplet-ground-state polybenzenoid (also known as Clar's
hydrocarbon), has been an enigmatic molecule ever since its existence was first …

We report a real-space visualization of the formation of hydrogen bonding in 8-
hydroxyquinoline (8-hq) molecular assemblies on a Cu (111) substrate, using noncontact …

Two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks (2D-MOFs) represent a category of atomically
thin materials that combine the structural tunability of molecular systems with the crystalline …

Using atomic manipulation, one can dissociate, form and rearrange bonds, as well as alter
the conformation or charge state of molecules. The molecular structures of reactants …

The Bergman cyclization is one of the most fascinating rearrangements in chemistry, with
important implications in organic synthesis and pharmacology. Here we demonstrate a …

Scanning probe microscopy has been extensively applied to probe interfacial water in many
interdisciplinary fields but the disturbance of the probes on the hydrogen-bonding structure …

Chemical reactions that occur at nanostructured electrodes have garnered widespread
interest because of their potential applications in fields including nanotechnology, green …

Water-solid interfaces play important roles across a broad range of scientific and application
fields. In the past decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has significantly deepened our …