Surface chemistry of transition metal carbides

HH Hwu, JG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
Transition metal carbides (TMCs) are produced by incorporating carbon atoms into the
interstitial sites of their parent metals, which typically include all 3d elements and 4d/5d …

Catalytic reactions of acetylene: a feedstock for the chemical industry revisited

IT Trotus, T Zimmermann, F Schuth - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the start of the industrial production of acetaldehyde by acetylene hydration in 1916,
acetylene became one of the most important raw materials for coal-based chemistry in the …

Competition of van der Waals and chemical forces on gold–sulfur surfaces and nanoparticles

JR Reimers, MJ Ford, SM Marcuccio, J Ulstrup… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Chemists generally believe that covalent and ionic bonds form much stronger links between
atoms than the van der Waals force does. However, this is not always so. We present cases …

On-surface synthesis and characterization of individual polyacetylene chains

S Wang, Q Sun, O Gröning, R Widmer, CA Pignedoli… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Polyacetylene (PA) comprises one-dimensional chains of sp 2-hybridized carbon atoms that
may take a cis or trans configuration. Owing to its simple chemical structure and exceptional …

Bottom-up synthesis of metalated carbyne

Q Sun, L Cai, S Wang, R Widmer, H Ju… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Because of stability issues, carbyne, a one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms, has been
much less investigated than other recent carbon allotropes such as graphene. Beyond that …

Organic chemistry on solid surfaces

Z Ma, F Zaera - Surface science reports, 2006 - Elsevier
Chemistry on solid surfaces is central to many areas of practical interest such as
heterogeneous catalysis, tribology, electrochemistry, and materials processing. With the …

Cyclotrimerization of arylalkynes on Au (111)

J Liu, P Ruffieux, X Feng, K Müllen… - Chemical communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface-assisted cyclotrimerization of arylalkynes was studied on Au (111) by means of
scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Upon …

Adsorption of benzene on copper, silver, and gold surfaces

A Bilić, JR Reimers, NS Hush, RC Hoft… - Journal of chemical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of benzene on the Cu (111), Ag (111), Au (111), and Cu (110) surfaces at
low coverage is modeled using density-functional theory (DFT) using periodic-slab models …

Highly ordered N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers on Cu (111)

E Angove, F Grillo, HA Früchtl, AJ Veinot… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The benzannulated N-heterocyclic carbene, 1, 3-dibenzylbenzimidazolylidene (NHCDBZ)
forms large, highly ordered domains when adsorbed on Cu (111) under ultrahigh vacuum …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical study of the adsorption of benzene on coinage metals

W Reckien, M Eggers, T Bredow - Beilstein journal of organic …, 2014 - beilstein-journals.org
The adsorption of benzene on the M (111), M (100) and M (110) surfaces of the coinage
metals copper (M= Cu), silver (M= Ag) and gold (M= Au) is studied on the basis of density …