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 …

With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

A key challenge in the field of nanotechnology, in particular in the design of molecular
machines, novel materials or molecular electronics, is the bottom-up construction of …

The narrowest armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) with five carbons across the width of
the GNR (5-AGNR) was synthesized on Au (111) surfaces via sequential dehalogenation …

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 …

We have studied the organometallic intermediate of a surface-supported Ullmann coupling
reaction from 4, 4 ″-dibromo-p-terphenyl to poly (para-phenylene) by scanning tunneling …

Novel carbon nanomaterials have aroused significant interest owing to their prospects in
various technological applications. The recently developed on‐surface synthesis strategy …

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 …

Creating or connecting together large organic molecules, as polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAH), by chemical reactions readily on surfaces is the first step to a true …

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 …