The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope has led to the visualization of molecules
in real space on atomically flat conductive substrates. This has boosted research into …

The non-covalent synthesis of coordination compounds and networks provides promising
avenues towardsmetal-containing supermolecules and nanostructured materials with …

Surface coordination chemistry has been traditionally associated with analogies between
metal–ligand bonding in coordination compounds and chemisorptive interactions, the …

Self-assembly techniques allow for the fabrication of highly organized architectures with
atomic-level precision. Here, we report on molecular-level scanning tunneling microscopy …

Advances in template-directed synthesis make it possible to create artificial molecules with
protein-like dimensions, directly from simple components. These synthetic macromolecules …

We present a combined multimethod experimental and theoretical study of the geometric
and electronic properties of Co-tetraphenyl-porphyrin (Co-TPP) molecules adsorbed on a …

Diatomic molecules attached to complexed iron or cobalt centres are important in many
biological processes. In natural systems, metallotetrapyrrole units carry respiratory gases or …

Localized molecular self‐assembly processes leading to the growth of nanostructures
exclusively from the surface of a material is one of the great challenges in surface chemistry …

We present a combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), near-edge x-ray-absorption
fine-structure, and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) study on the bonding and …

In view of the many potential applications for functional hybrid interfaces, the controlled
assembly of sophisticated structures on surfaces is a current challenge for chemists …