Electric field mediated polymerization...
While the nucleation of two-dimensional polymer domains is not initiated by the applied electric field, their depolymerization and subsequent desorption, are a consequence of the change in the polarity of the substrate bias within the area scanned by the STM tip.
2D covalent organic framework targeting CO2 reduction
A collaborative effort! A rapid method is demonstrated for creating porphyrin-containing single-layered 2D-covalent organic frameworks (s2D-COFs) on a graphite surface. The s2D-COF films, characterized with molecular precision using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), are used as a cathode for electrochemical CO2 reduction.
Molecular switches on surfaces
Glad to see this collaborative effort on the design and self-assembly of molecular switches on surfaces published.
Nanoscale chemical patterning: killing two birds with one stone
- 2023 Sep 20
- publications , self-assembly , grafting , templating
- Publications
See our recent publication in Nanoscale on nanopatterning graphite at two different length scales in one step
Metal Ion and Guest-Mediated Spontaneous Resolution
- 2023 Sep 20
- publications , self-assembly
- Publications
Enjoy our paper published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on "Metal Ion and Guest-Mediated Spontaneous Resolution and Solvent-Induced Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Guanine-Based Metallosupramolecular Networks"
Published in Nature
We used scanning tunnelling microscopy to follow in real-time, as bonds form and break, molecule by molecule, the birth and growth of 2D dynamic covalent polymers on a solid support immersed in a reactive solution.
Sensing ammonia
We reveal the superior sensing capability of covalently modified graphene layers for ammonia detection
Polymorph detection
We report on the detection and stabilization of a previously unknown two-dimensional (2D) pseudopolymorph.
Chemical patterning of graphene
- 2021 Oct 14
- publications , grafting
- Publications
We demonstrate spatially resolved multicomponent covalent chemical patterning of single layer graphene using a facile and efficient method.
Diazonium Chemistry with a Twist
In this paper, published in Nanoscale, we demonstrate that the ascorbic acid mediated dediazoniation of aryldiazonium salts leads to self-limiting growth of monolayers with high grafting densities
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