Recent years have seen a rapid development of electronic skin for wearable devices,
autonomous robotics, and human–machine interaction. As a result, the demand for flexible …

Over the past decades, construction of nanoscale electronic devices with novel
functionalities based on low-dimensional structures, such as single molecules and two …

Recent advances in scanning probe microscopy methodology have enabled the
measurement of tip–sample interactions with picometer accuracy in all three spatial …

The self-assembly of star-shaped 1, 3, 5-tris (4-carboxyphenyl) benzene molecules on Au
(111) is investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional …

The supramolecular self-assembly of a push-pull dye is investigated using scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) at the liquid–solid interface. The molecule has an indandione …

The construction of metal–organic molecular wires is important for the design of specific
functional devices but has been a great challenge for experimental technology. Here we …

On-surface metalation of metal-free phthalocyanine derivatives is a simple and solvent-free
way to fabricate MPc compounds. Using phthalocyanine (H2Pc) molecules on Ag (111) as …

A generalized lattice-gas model that takes into account the directional character of pair
interactions between the lattice sites is proposed. It is demonstrated that the proposed model …

Bulk iridium ditelluride (IrTe 2) is a layered material and is known for its interesting electronic
and structural properties, such as large spin–orbit coupling, charge ordering, and …

The conformation and the two-dimensional self-assembly of 4′-(3′, 4 ″-dihexyloxy-5,
2′: 5′, 2 ″: 5 ″, 2‴-quaterthien-2, 5‴-diyl)-bis (2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine) molecules …