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 …

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are strips of graphene, with widths of a few nanometers, that
are promising candidates for future applications in nanodevices and quantum information …

The electrical and mechanical properties of graphene‐based materials can be tuned by the
introduction of nanopores, which are sensitively related to the size, morphology, density, and …

The development of functional organic molecules requires structures of increasing size and
complexity, which are typically obtained by the covalent coupling of smaller building blocks …

We report an example that demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-
supported reactions and molecular-adsorption configurations. Two biphenyl-based …

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 …

Conformational arrangements within nanostructures play a crucial role in shaping the
overall configuration and determining the properties, for example in covalent/metal organic …

Cross-coupling reactions represent an indispensable tool in chemical synthesis. An
intriguing challenge in this field is to achieve selective cross-coupling between two …

The Ullmann coupling of aryl halides is a powerful method in the on-surface synthesis of
functional materials. Understanding its basic aspects and influencing factors can aid in the …

By a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy imaging and density functional theory
calculations, dehalogenation processes of symmetric polyhalogenated benzenes were …