Recent advances in heterocyclic nanographenes and other polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds

A Borissov, YK Maurya, L Moshniaha… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules
with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature …

Chirality of molecular nanostructures on surfaces via molecular assembly and reaction: manifestation and control

Y Xu, JJ Duan, ZY Yi, KX Zhang, T Chen… - Surface Science Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation of chiral nanostructures via molecular assembly and reaction on solid
surfaces is a ubiquitous surface process due to the symmetry-breaking at 2D surface …

On-surface growth of single-layered homochiral 2D covalent organic frameworks by steric hindrance strategy

C Lu, YP Mo, Y Hong, T Chen, ZY Yang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Investigation of chirality in on-surface synthesis is of significance not only for fabricating
atomically precise covalently bonded chiral species but also for unveiling chiral phenomena …

Enhancing Chemoselectivity of On-Surface Reactions on Reconstructed Au (110): The Case of a Pentalene-Bridged Polyacene Analogue

F **ang, A Kinikar, M Mühlinghaus… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Polyacene analogues, consisting of short acene segments separated by nonbenzenoid
rings, offer intriguing electronic properties and magnetic interactions. Pentalene-bridged …

Conservation of Nickel Ion Single‐Active Site Character in a Bottom‐Up Constructed π‐Conjugated Molecular Network

D Baranowski, I Cojocariu, A Sala… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
On‐surface chemistry holds the potential for ultimate miniaturization of functional devices.
Porphyrins are promising building‐blocks in exploring advanced nanoarchitecture concepts …

Substrate-directed chiral selectivity of molecular self-assembled and covalent structures

Z Zeng, J Huang, D Han, X Li, Q Xu, T Wang, J Zhu - Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Controlling the synthesis of low-dimensional chiral nanostructures on solid surfaces has
attracted tremendous interest in recent years. Herein, we report a study showing substrate …

Cysteine adsorption on twisted-bilayer graphene

F Hidalgo, A Rubio-Ponce… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Using density functional theory, we study the adsorption of cysteine molecules on the
monolayer, AB bilayer, and bilayer graphene with β= 32.20°, 27.79°, and 5.08° as twist …

Kinetic control over the chiral-selectivity in the formation of organometallic polymers on a Ag (110) surface

RSK Houtsma, F van Nyendaal, M Stöhr - Communications chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Methods to control chiral-selectivity in molecular reactions through external inputs are of
importance, both from a fundamental and technological point of view. Here, the self …

Solution Versus On‐Surface Synthesis of Peripherally Oxygen‐Annulated Porphyrins through C− O Bond Formation

J Deyerling, B Berionni Berna… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the synthesis of tetra‐and octa‐O‐fused porphyrinoids employing an
oxidative O‐annulation approach through C− H activation. Despite encountering challenges …

Surface-confined formation of conjugated porphyrin-based nanostructures on Ag (111)

N Cao, A Riss, E Corral-Rascon, A Meindl, W Auwärter… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Porphyrin-based oligomers were synthesized from the condensation of adsorbed 4-
benzaldehyde-substituted porphyrins through the formation of CC linkages, following a …