Organic surfaces play a major role in materials science. Most surfaces that we touch in our
daily lives are made from organic materials, eg, vegetables, fruit, skin, wood, and textiles …

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have aroused much interest due to their potential
applications in biosensors, biomolecular electronics and nanotechnology. This has been …

Nitrogen‐doped carbons are prepared by thermolysis of two organic, nitrogen‐rich ionic
liquids (see figure). The nitrogen content can be adjusted by the thermolysis temperature. As …

The synthesis and characterization of functionalized carbon using variable doping profiles
are presented. The hybrids were obtained from nitrile-functionalized ionic precursors and a …

Recent works have shown the potential of special ionic liquids as a new type of precursor for
nitrogen doped carbon materials. The combination of liquid state and negligible vapour …

The thermoelectric properties of parallel arrays of organic molecules on a surface offer the
potential for large-area, flexible, solution processed, energy harvesting thin-films, whose …

We previously contributed a review of bis (terpyridine) metal complex wires (Coord. Chem.
Rev. 251 (2007) 2674) in which we described the bottom-up fabrication of complex wires on …

In this topical review we describe the fabrication, characterization and applications of 1nm
thick, mechanically stable carbon nanomembranes (CNMs). They represent a new type of …

The binding of trans-1, 2-bis (4-pyridyl)-ethylene (BPE) molecules on substrates arrayed
with flexible gold nanofingers has been studied by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy …

Spectroscopic techniques based on the use of synchrotron radiation have significantly
contributed to a better understanding of macroscopic as well as of microscopic properties of …