Issue 71, 2018

The impact of grafted surface defects on the on-surface Schiff-base chemistry at the solid–liquid interface

Abstract

We investigate the effect of covalently modified graphitic surfaces on the formation of single-layer covalent organic frameworks (sCOFs) at the solid–liquid interface. The impact of different densities of grafted aryl species was tested on the on-surface synthesis of three distinct imine-based 2D sCOFs. The grafted aryl species that act as defects provide steric barriers to the progress of the Schiff-base reaction, and can be locally removed to start the 2D polymer healing process. This unique strategy provides a general approach to study in situ this dynamic covalent on-surface chemistry.

Graphical abstract: The impact of grafted surface defects on the on-surface Schiff-base chemistry at the solid–liquid interface

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2018
Accepted
10 Aug 2018
First published
10 Aug 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 9905-9908

The impact of grafted surface defects on the on-surface Schiff-base chemistry at the solid–liquid interface

N. Bilbao, Y. Yu, L. Verstraete, J. Lin, S. Lei and S. De Feyter, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 9905 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03867H

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