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 …

Using scanning probe microscopy techniques, at low temperatures and in ultrahigh vacuum,
individual molecules adsorbed on surfaces can be probed with ultrahigh resolution to …

Petroleum is one of the most precious and complex molecular mixtures existing. Because of
its chemical complexity, the solid component of crude oil, the asphaltenes, poses an …

Previously, asphaltene science had been hindered by many significant uncertainties
regarding molecular weight, molecular structure, and nanocolloidal characteristics in …

Substituting heteroatoms into nanostructured graphene elements, such as graphene
nanoribbons, offers the possibility for atomic engineering of electronic properties. To …

The Bergman cyclization is one of the most fascinating rearrangements in chemistry, with
important implications in organic synthesis and pharmacology. Here we demonstrate a …

Reactive intermediates are involved in many chemical transformations. However, their
characterization is a great challenge because of their short lifetimes and high reactivities …

Halogens are among the most electronegative elements, and the variations in size and
polarizability of halogens require different descriptions of the intermolecular bonds they …

One of the most remarkable and exciting achievements in the field of scanning probe
microscopy (SPM) in the last years is the unprecedented sub-molecular resolution of both …

Chemical transformations at the interface between solid/liquid or solid/gaseous phases of
matter lie at the heart of key industrial-scale manufacturing processes. A comprehensive …