On-surface synthesis, as an alternative to traditional in-solution synthesis, has become an
emerging research field and attracted extensive attention over the past decade due to its …

Polycyclic hydrocarbons have received great attention due to their potential role in organic
electronics and, for open-shell systems with unpaired electron densities, in spintronics and …

The electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) can be
engineered by controlling their edge structure and width with atomic precision through …

Ullmann coupling is a widely used reaction for the on-surface growth of low-dimensional
carbon nanomaterials. The irreversible nature of this reaction prevents the “self-healing” of …

A metal–metal bond between coordination complexes has the nature of a covalent bond in
hydrocarbons. While bimetallic and trimetallic compounds usually have three-dimensional …

On-surface synthesis has become a powerful approach to produce low-dimensional carbon-
based nanostructures with atomistic precision. A large variety of analytical tools and …

In the field of on-surface synthesis, 2D molecular networks are formed by C–C coupling
reactions. The on-surface Ullmann coupling reaction results in the formation of a new C–C …

On-surface Ullmann coupling has been intensely utilized for the tailor-made fabrication of
conjugated frameworks towards molecular electronics, however, reaction mechanisms are …

Ullmann-like on-surface synthesis is one of the most appropriate approaches for the bottom-
up fabrication of covalent organic nanostructures and many successes have been achieved …

Deciphering rich non-covalent interactions that govern many chemical and biological
processes is crucial for the design of drugs and controlling molecular assemblies and their …