Two-dimensional polymers and polymerizations

AM Evans, MJ Strauss, AR Corcos, Z Hirani… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

Controlling a chemical coupling reaction on a surface: tools and strategies for on-surface synthesis

S Clair, DG de Oteyza - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Synthesis of mesoscale ordered two-dimensional π-conjugated polymers with semiconducting properties

G Galeotti, F De Marchi, E Hamzehpoor, O MacLean… - Nature Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Two-dimensional materials with high charge carrier mobility and tunable band gaps have
attracted intense research effort for their potential use in nanoelectronics. Two-dimensional …

Surface chemistry of porphyrins and phthalocyanines

JM Gottfried - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
This review covers the surface chemistry of porphyrins, phthalocyanines, their metal
complexes, and related compounds, with particular focus on chemical reactions at …

Supramolecular assemblies on surfaces: nanopatterning, functionality, and reactivity

DP Goronzy, M Ebrahimi, F Rosei, Arramel, Y Fang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Understanding how molecules interact to form large-scale hierarchical structures on
surfaces holds promise for building designer nanoscale constructs with defined chemical …

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 …

Surface-catalyzed C–C covalent coupling strategies toward the synthesis of low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures

Q Fan, JM Gottfried, J Zhu - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carbon-based nanostructures have attracted tremendous interest because of
their versatile and tunable properties, which depend on the bonding type of the constituting …

On-surface synthesis of ballbot-type N-heterocyclic carbene polymers

J Ren, M Koy, H Osthues, BS Lammers, C Gutheil… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are established ligands for metal complexes and surfaces.
Here we go beyond monomeric NHCs and report on the synthesis of NHC polymers on gold …

Surface-activated coupling reactions confined on a surface

L Dong, PN Liu, N Lin - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Molecules–oligomers–nanowires–graphene nanoribbons: a bottom-up stepwise on-surface covalent synthesis preserving long-range order

A Basagni, F Sedona, CA Pignedoli… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report on a stepwise on-surface polymerization reaction leading to oriented graphene
nanoribbons on Au (111) as the final product. Starting from the precursor 4, 4 ″-dibromo-p …