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

Carbon, as an indispensable chemical element on Earth, has diverse covalent bonding
ability, which enables construction of extensive pivotal carbon-based structures in multiple …

Constructing low-dimensional covalent assemblies with tailored size and connectivity is
challenging yet often key for applications in molecular electronics where optical and …

Hopf et al. reported the high-temperature 6π-electrocyclization of cis-hexa-1, 3-diene-5-yne
to benzene in 1969. Subsequent studies using this cyclization have been limited by its very …

Highly unsaturated π-rich carbon skeletons afford versatile tuning of structural and
optoelectronic properties of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures. However, methods …

The combination of alkyne and halogen functional groups in the same molecule allows for
the possibility of many different reactions when utilized in on-surface synthesis. Here, we …

Topological defects in graphene materials introduce exotic properties with both fundamental
importance and technological implications, absent in their defect-free counterparts. Although …

Conjugated diyne derivatives are important scaffolds in modern organic synthetic chemistry.
Using the Glaser reaction involves the coupling of terminal alkynes which can efficiently …

Single-molecule atomic force microscopy (sm-AFM) is a state-of-the-art AFM involving single-
molecule tip functionalization, characterization, and manipulation. The pioneering work of tip …

Copper phenylacetylide (PACu) is a promising photocatalyst due to its unique copper ladder
(CL) electron transport channel, which facilitates efficient charge transfer. However, the …