Two-dimensional polymers and polymerizations

AM Evans, MJ Strauss, AR Corcos, Z Hirani… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

Controlling a chemical coupling reaction on a surface: tools and strategies for on-surface synthesis

S Clair, DG de Oteyza - Chemical reviews, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

Covalent on-surface polymerization

L Grill, S Hecht - Nature Chemistry, 2020‏ - nature.com
With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

On‐Surface Synthesis of Carbon Nanostructures

Q Sun, R Zhang, J Qiu, R Liu, W Xu - Advanced Materials, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Novel carbon nanomaterials have aroused significant interest owing to their prospects in
various technological applications. The recently developed on‐surface synthesis strategy …

From graphene nanoribbons on Cu (111) to nanographene on Cu (110): critical role of substrate structure in the bottom-up fabrication strategy

KA Simonov, NA Vinogradov, AS Vinogradov… - ACS …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Bottom-up strategies can be effectively implemented for the fabrication of atomically precise
graphene nanoribbons. Recently, using 10, 10′-dibromo-9, 9′-bianthracene (DBBA) as a …

From helical to planar chirality by on-surface chemistry

O Stetsovych, M Švec, J Vacek, JV Chocholoušová… - Nature …, 2017‏ - nature.com
The chirality of molecular structures is paramount in many phenomena, including
enantioselective reactions, molecular self-assembly, biological processes and light or …

Homo and hetero molecular 3D nanographenes employing a cyclooctatetraene scaffold

J Urieta-Mora, M Krug, W Alex, J Perles… - Journal of the …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Two novel homo and hetero three-dimensional nanographenes, NG1 and NG2, featuring a
cyclooctatetraene core are designed, synthesized, and characterized. A concise and …

Surface-assisted dehydrogenative homocoupling of porphine molecules

A Wiengarten, K Seufert, W Auwärter… - Journal of the …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
The templated synthesis of porphyrin dimers, oligomers, and tapes has recently attracted
considerable interest. Here, we introduce a clean, temperature-induced covalent …

Comparing Ullmann coupling on noble metal surfaces: on‐surface polymerization of 1, 3, 6, 8‐tetrabromopyrene on Cu (111) and Au (111)

TA Pham, F Song, MT Nguyen, Z Li… - … A European Journal, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The on‐surface polymerization of 1, 3, 6, 8‐tetrabromopyrene (Br4Py) on Cu (111) and Au
(111) surfaces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions was investigated by a combination of …

Scanning probe microscopy in probing low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures and nanomaterials

C Zhang, Z Yi, W Xu - Materials Futures, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon, as an indispensable chemical element on Earth, has diverse covalent bonding
ability, which enables construction of extensive pivotal carbon-based structures in multiple …