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 …

The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

Carbon allotropes built from rings of two-coordinate atoms, known as cyclo [n] carbons, have
fascinated chemists for many years, but until now they could not be isolated or structurally …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

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 …

Triangulene and its homologues are of considerable interest for molecular spintronics due to
their high-spin ground states as well as the potential for constructing high spin frameworks …

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 …

Cyclo [18] carbon (C18, a molecular carbon allotrope) can be synthesized by
dehalogenation of a bromocyclocarbon precursor, C18Br6, in 64% yield, by atomic …

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

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 …