Developing new materials is a long-standing goal that extends across the fields of synthesis,
catalysis, nanotechnology and materials science. Transforming one compound or material …

Two-dimensional (2D) polymers have garnered widespread interest because of their
intriguing physicochemical properties. Envisaged applications in fields including …

Investigating how electrons propagate through a single molecule is one of the missions of
molecular electronics. Electrons, however, are also efficient catalysts for conducting radical …

It was a long-cherished dream for chemists to take a direct look at chemical bonding, a
fundamental component of chemistry. This dream was finally accomplished by the state-of …

To monitor and investigate chemical reactions in real time and in situ is a long-standing,
challenging goal in chemistry. Herein, an electric potential-promoted oxidative coupling …

Micro-and nanoscale surface modification using scanning probe microscopy techniques in
combination with electrochemically induced surface structuring provides a maskless in situ …

Glaser‐like coupling of terminal alkynes by thermal activation is extensively used in on‐
surface chemistry. Here we demonstrate an intramolecular version of this reaction performed …

The surface science-based approach to synthesising new organic materials on surfaces has
gained considerable attention in recent years, owing to its success in facilitating the …

Ullmann coupling is a widely used reaction for the on-surface growth of low-dimensional
carbon nanomaterials. The irreversible nature of this reaction prevents the “self-healing” of …

On-surface synthesis has proven to be a powerful approach for fabricating various low-
dimensional covalent nanostructures with atomic precision that could be challenging for …