Confined on-surface organic synthesis: Strategies and mechanisms

T Wang, J Zhu - Surface Science Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Recent progress on surface chemistry II: property and characterization

X Li, Z Xu, D Bu, J Cai, H Chen, Q Chen, T Chen… - Chinese Chemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Surface with well-defined components and structures possesses unique electronic,
magnetic, optical and chemical properties. As a result, surface chemistry research plays a …

Synthesis of a Porous [14] Annulene Graphene Nanoribbon and a Porous [30] Annulene Graphene Nanosheet on Metal Surfaces

T Qin, D Guo, J Xiong, X Li, L Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Chemisorption-induced formation of biphenylene dimer on Ag (111)

Z Zeng, D Guo, T Wang, Q Chen, A Matěj… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report an example that demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-
supported reactions and molecular-adsorption configurations. Two biphenyl-based …

Kinetic strategies for the formation of graphyne nanowires via Sonogashira coupling on Ag (111)

T Wang, J Huang, H Lv, Q Fan, L Feng… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

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 …

Selective synthesis of Kagome nanoporous graphene on Ag (111) via an organometallic template

X Li, D Han, T Qin, J Xiong, J Huang, T Wang, H Ding… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Kagome nanoporous graphenes (NPGs) are fascinating due to their exotic electronic and
magnetic properties. The emerging on-surface synthesis (mostly on metal surfaces) provides …

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 …

Chemical identification and bond control of π-skeletons in a coupling reaction

C Zhang, RB Jaculbia, Y Tanaka… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Highly unsaturated π-rich carbon skeletons afford versatile tuning of structural and
optoelectronic properties of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures. However, methods …

On-surface synthesis of enetriynes

N Cao, B Yang, A Riss, J Rosen, J Björk… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Belonging to the enyne family, enetriynes comprise a distinct electron-rich all-carbon
bonding scheme. However, the lack of convenient synthesis protocols limits the associated …