Graphdiyne (GDY), a new two-dimensional (2D) carbon allotrope, has been receiving
increased attention. Its unique sp–sp2 carbon atoms, uniform pores, and highly π …

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 …

Cyclo [18] carbon (C18) is studied computationally at the density functional theory (DFT) and
ab initio levels to obtain insight into its electronic structure, aromaticity, and adsorption …

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

Ladder phenylenes (LPs) composed of alternating fused benzene and cyclobutadiene rings
have been synthesized in solution with a maximum length no longer than five units. Longer …

Thermally‐induced dehydrogenative coupling of polyphenylenes on metal surfaces is an
important technique to synthesize π π‐conjugated carbon nanostructures with atomic …

On-surface synthesis has been one of the hottest research fields in surface science in the
last decade, owing to its great potential for bottom-up synthesis of functional molecules and …

The selection of a reaction pathway with high energy barrier in a multipath on-surface
reaction system has been challenging. Herein, we report the successful control of the …

The wet‐oxidation of a single crystal Cu (111) foil is studied by growing single crystal
graphene islands on it followed by soaking it in water. 18O‐labeled water is also used; the …

Graphdiyne (GDY), a new kind of two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial, has abundant
chemical bonds, a highly π-conjugated structure, uniformly distributed pores, a large surface …