Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

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 …

Inspired by the great development of graphene, more and more research has been
conducted to seek new two-dimensional (2D) materials with Dirac cones. Although 2D Dirac …

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 …

Conspectus Chemical reactions may take place in a pure phase of gas or liquid or at the
interface of two phases (gas–solid or liquid–solid). Recently, the emerging field of “surface …

Conspectus The covalent linking of acetylene compounds is an important synthetic tool to
control carbon–carbon bond formation and has been extensively studied for more than a …

On-surface Ullmann coupling is a versatile and appropriate approach for the bottom-up
fabrication of covalent organic nanostructures. In two-dimensional networks, however, the …

After the successful synthesis of fullerene,[1] carbon nanotube,[2] and graphene,[3] new
synthetic carbon allotropes with novel structure and outstanding properties are inspired to …

Graphdiyne (GDY), with a highly conjugated and tunable molecular structure, holds great
promise in various sensors due to its unique physicochemical features such as high specific …

On-surface acetylenic homocoupling has been proposed to construct carbon nanostructures
featuring sp hybridization. However, the efficiency of linear acetylenic coupling is far from …