On-surface synthesis of poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) molecular wires via in situ formation of carbon-carbon triple bond

Chen-Hui Shu; Meng-Xi Liu; Ze-Qi Zha; Jin-Liang Pan; Shao-Ze Zhang; Yu-Li Xie; Jian-Le Chen; Ding-Wang Yuan; Xiao-Hui Qiu; Pei-Nian Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04681-z

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

On-surface synthesis of poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) molecular wires via in situ formation of carbon-carbon triple bond

Chen-Hui Shu,
Meng-Xi Liu,
Ze-Qi Zha,
Jin-Liang Pan,
Shao-Ze Zhang,
Yu-Li Xie,
Jian-Le Chen,
Ding-Wang Yuan,
Xiao-Hui Qiu,
Pei-Nian Liu

Affiliations

Chen-Hui Shu: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Meng-Xi Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Ze-Qi Zha: CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Jin-Liang Pan: CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Shao-Ze Zhang: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yu-Li Xie: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Jian-Le Chen: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Ding-Wang Yuan: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University
Xiao-Hui Qiu: CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Pei-Nian Liu: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04681-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Incorporating carbon-carbon triple bonds into conjugated chains typically requires acetylenic precursors. Here, the authors synthesize poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) molecular wires on Cu(111) by directly coupling trichloromethyl-containing precursors, forming C-C triple bonds in situ

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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