Thermal control of sequential on-surface transformation of a hydrocarbon molecule on a copper surface

Shigeki Kawai (), Ville Haapasilta (), Benjamin D. Lindner, Kazukuni Tahara (), Peter Spijker, Jeroen A. Buitendijk, Rémy Pawlak, Tobias Meier, Yoshito Tobe, Adam S. Foster and Ernst Meyer
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Shigeki Kawai: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Ville Haapasilta: COMP, Aalto University
Benjamin D. Lindner: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Kazukuni Tahara: Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency
Peter Spijker: COMP, Aalto University
Jeroen A. Buitendijk: Kantonsschule Trogen
Rémy Pawlak: University of Basel
Tobias Meier: University of Basel
Yoshito Tobe: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Adam S. Foster: COMP, Aalto University
Ernst Meyer: University of Basel

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract On-surface chemical reactions hold the potential for manufacturing nanoscale structures directly onto surfaces by linking carbon atoms in a single-step reaction. To fabricate more complex and functionalized structures, the control of the on-surface chemical reactions must be developed significantly. Here, we present a thermally controlled sequential three-step chemical transformation of a hydrocarbon molecule on a Cu(111) surface. With a combination of high-resolution atomic force microscopy and first-principles computations, we investigate the transformation process in step-by-step detail from the initial structure to the final product via two intermediate states. The results demonstrate that surfaces can be used as catalysing templates to obtain compounds, which cannot easily be synthesized by solution chemistry.

Date: 2016
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