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 …

Graphene nanoribbons hold great promise for future applications in nanoelectronic devices,
as they may combine the excellent electronic properties of graphene with the opening of an …

On-surface synthesis is the bottom-up construction of covalent bonds between molecular
building blocks, which has been greatly developed during the past decade. Dozens of …

During the last decade, interest on the growth and self-assembly of organic molecular
species on solid surfaces spread over the scientific community, largely motivated by the …

Dehydrogenation reactions are key steps in many metal‐catalyzed chemical processes and
in the on‐surface synthesis of atomically precise nanomaterials. The principal role of the …

We report an example that demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-
supported reactions and molecular-adsorption configurations. Two biphenyl-based …

Surface-confined polymerization via Ullmann coupling is a promising route to create one-
and two-dimensional covalent π-conjugated structures, including the bottom-up growth of …

Controlling the regioselectivity of C–H activation in unimolecular reactions is of great
significance for the rational synthesis of functional graphene nanostructures, which are …

The explorations to extend present chemical synthetic methods are of great importance to
simplify synthetic routes of chemical species. Additionally, understanding the chemical …

Keen desires for artificial mimicry of biological polymers and property improvement of
synthesized ones have triggered intensive explorations for sequence-controlled …