On-surface synthesis of heptacene on Ag(001) from brominated and non-brominated tetrahydroheptacene precursors†
Abstract
Achieving the Ag(001)-supported synthesis of heptacene from two related reactants reveals the effect of the presence of Br atoms on the reaction process. The properties of reactants, intermediates and end-products are further characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Scanning probe frontiers in molecular 2D-architecture world