Versatile bottom-up construction of diverse macromolecules on a surface observed by scanning tunneling microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8856-8870

  Haq, Sam ^a   Hanke, Felix ^a,c   Sharp, John ^a   Persson, Mats ^a   Amabilino, David B ^b,d   Raval, Rasmita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C H bond activation; covalent assembly; on surface synthesis; pentacene; perylene; porphyrins; surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PORPHYRINS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BOND-FORMING REACTIONS; CH-BOND ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; COVALENT ASSEMBLIES; FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE; PENTACENES; PERYLENES; TWO-COMPONENT PRODUCTS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON; COPPER; HYDROGEN; MACROMOLECULE; NAPHTHACENE DERIVATIVE; PENTACENE; PORPHYRIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; COPPER; HYDROGEN; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NAPHTHACENES; PORPHYRINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84923086448     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502388u     Document Type: Article

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