N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry

CA Smith, MR Narouz, PA Lummis, I Singh… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

The role of self-assembled monolayers in electronic devices

M Singh, N Kaur, E Comini - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Today, the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) approach for surface functionalization is
regarded as highly versatile and compelling, especially in the immobilization of …

Fundamentals and applications of N-heterocyclic carbene functionalized gold surfaces and nanoparticles

G Kaur, RL Thimes, JP Camden… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) revolutionized organometallic chemistry
due to their strong metal–ligand bonds. These strong bonds also lend enhanced stability to …

Bioactive coatings on titanium: a review on hydroxylation, self-assembled monolayers (sams) and surface modification strategies

J Sánchez-Bodón, J Andrade del Olmo, JM Alonso… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Titanium (Ti) and its alloys have been demonstrated over the last decades to play an
important role as inert materials in the field of orthopedic and dental implants. Nevertheless …

Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Gold for Surface-Initiated Polymerizations

Y Choi, CS Park, HV Tran, CH Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are superior to thiol adsorbates in that they form
remarkably stable bonds with gold, the generation of NHC-based self-assembled …

N‐Heterocyclic Olefins on a Silicon Surface

M Das, C Hogan, R Zielinski, M Kubicki… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The adsorption of N‐heterocyclic olefins (NHOs) on silicon is investigated in a combined
scanning tunneling microscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional …

Tailored Monolayers of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes by Kinetic Control

C Gutheil, G Roß, S Amirjalayer, B Mo, AH Schäfer… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite the substantial success of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as stable and versatile
surface modification ligands, their use in nanoscale applications beyond chemistry is still …

A Benchtop Method for Appending Protic Functional Groups to N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Protected Gold Nanoparticles

JF DeJesus, LM Sherman, DJ Yohannan… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The remarkable resilience of N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold bonds has quickly made
NHCs the ligand of choice when functionalizing gold surfaces. Despite rapid progress using …

Using SERS to understand the binding of N-heterocyclic carbenes to gold surfaces

MJ Trujillo, SL Strausser, JC Becca… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Surface functionalization is an essential component of most applications of noble-metal
surfaces. Thiols and amines are traditionally employed to attach molecules to noble-metal …

Ultrasensitive and label-free detection of the measles virus using an N-heterocyclic carbene-based electrochemical biosensor

RM Mayall, CA Smith, AS Hyla, DS Lee… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the current intense need for rapid and accurate detection of viruses due to COVID-19,
we report on a platform technology that is well suited for this purpose, using intact measles …