Steering On-Surface Reactions by Kinetic and Thermodynamic Strategies

T Wang, Q Fan, J Zhu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
On-surface synthesis has emerged as a powerful tool to fabricate various functional low-
dimensional nanostructures with atomic precision, thus becoming a promising platform for …

On-surface synthesis toward two-dimensional polymers

T Niu, C Hua, M Zhou - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) polymers have garnered widespread interest because of their
intriguing physicochemical properties. Envisaged applications in fields including …

Selective Activation of Aromatic C–H Bonds Catalyzed by Single Gold Atoms at Room Temperature

B Lowe, J Hellerstedt, A Matej, P Mutombo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Selective activation and controlled functionalization of C–H bonds in organic molecules is
one of the most desirable processes in synthetic chemistry. Despite progress in …

Highly Regioselective Cyclodehydrogenation of Diphenylporphyrin on Metal Surfaces

Y Zhang, J Lu, H Zhou, G Zhang, Z Ruan, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exploring the effect of porphin tautomerism on the regioselectivity of its derivatives is a big
challenge, which is significant for the development and application of porphyrin drugs. In this …

Surface-confined alternating copolymerization with molecular precision by stoichiometric control

L Xing, J Li, Y Bai, Y Lin, L Xiao, C Li, D Zhao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Keen desires for artificial mimicry of biological polymers and property improvement of
synthesized ones have triggered intensive explorations for sequence-controlled …

Atomically precise imprinting π-magnetism in nanographenes via probe chemistry

J Su, P Lyu, J Lu - Precision Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The precise generation and harnessing of carbon magnetism at the single-molecule level
have been captivating areas of research in chemistry and nanotechnology. However, the …

Structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of a two-dimensional graphdiyne-like carbon nanonetwork synthesized on Au (111): implications for the engineering of …

A Rabia, F Tumino, A Milani, V Russo… - ACS applied nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Graphdiyne, atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) carbon nanostructure based on sp-sp2
hybridization is an appealing system potentially showing outstanding mechanical and …

Topology Selectivity in On-Surface Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction: Dendritic Structure versus Porous Graphene Nanoribbon

J Huang, Y Pan, T Wang, S Cui, L Feng, D Han… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Selective control on the topology of low-dimensional covalent organic nanostructures in on-
surface synthesis has been challenging. Herein, with combined scanning tunneling …

On‐Surface Synthesis of [3] Radialenes via [1+ 1+ 1] Cycloaddition

DY Li, Y Wang, XY Hou, YT Ren, LX Kang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radialenes are the smallest carbocyclic structures with unusual topologies and cross‐
conjugated π‐electronic structures. Here, we report a novel [1+ 1+ 1] cycloaddition reaction …

On-surface synthesis of self-assembled covalently linked wavy chains with site-selective conformational switching

L Wang, R Zhu, Z Shen, Y Song, L She… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conformational arrangements in polymers on surfaces determine the overall shape as well
as the potential properties. It is generally believed that conformational diversity leads to …