Self-assembly of metal–organic coordination structures on surfaces

L Dong, ZA Gao, N Lin - Progress in Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Metal–organic coordination structures are materials comprising reticular metal centers and
organic linkers in which the two constituents bind with each other via metal–ligand …

Covalent networks through on-surface chemistry in ultra-high vacuum: state-of-the-art and recent developments

G Franc, A Gourdon - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The fabrication of large molecular devices, directly on surfaces in UHV conditions, by
covalent coupling of smaller precursors has become in the past years an attractive solution …

Heterocyclic nanographenes and other polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds: synthetic routes, properties, and applications

M Stepien, E Gonka, M Żyła, N Sprutta - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensionally extended, polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules (heterocyclic
nanographenes) are a highly versatile class of organic materials, applicable as functional …

Homo-coupling of terminal alkynes on a noble metal surface

YQ Zhang, N Kepčija, M Kleinschrodt, K Diller… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
The covalent linking of acetylenes presents an important route for the fabrication of novel
carbon-based scaffolds and two-dimensional materials distinct from graphene. To date few …

Mechanisms of halogen-based covalent self-assembly on metal surfaces

J Bjork, F Hanke, S Stafstrom - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We computationally study the reaction mechanisms of halogen-based covalent self-
assembly, a major route for synthesizing molecular nanostructures and nanographenes on …

Bis (aminothiolato) nickel nanosheet as a redox switch for conductivity and an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

X Sun, KH Wu, R Sakamoto, T Kusamoto, H Maeda… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A π-conjugated coordination nanosheet comprising bis (aminothiolato) nickel (NiAT)
moieties was synthesized by the reaction of Ni (acac) 2 with 1, 3, 5-triaminobenzene-2, 4, 6 …

Synthesis of extended graphdiyne wires by vicinal surface templating

B Cirera, YQ Zhang, J Björk, S Klyatskaya, Z Chen… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Surface-assisted covalent synthesis currently evolves into an important approach for the
fabrication of functional nanostructures at interfaces. Here, we employ scanning tunneling …

On‐Surface Reactions

R Lindner, A Kühnle - ChemPhysChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
On‐surface synthesis constitutes a rapidly growing field of research due to its promising
application for creating stable molecular structures on surfaces. While self‐assembled …

Bicomponent supramolecular architectures at the vacuum–solid interface

X Bouju, C Mattioli, G Franc, A Pujol… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review aims at giving the readers the basic concepts needed to understand two-
dimensional bimolecular organizations at the vacuum–solid interface. The first part …

Clean coupling of unfunctionalized porphyrins at surfaces to give highly oriented organometallic oligomers

S Haq, F Hanke, MS Dyer, M Persson… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The direct coupling of complex, functional organic molecules at a surface is one of the
outstanding challenges in the road map to future molecular devices. Equally demanding is …