Nonacene Generated by On-Surface Dehydrogenation

作者：Zuzak Rafal; Dorel Ruth; Krawiec Mariusz; Such Bartosz; Kolmer Marek; Szymonski Marek; Echavarren Antonio M; Godlewski Szymon^*

来源：ACS Nano, 2017, 11(9): 9321-9329.

DOI：10.1021/acsnano.7b04728

• nonacene
• on-surface synthesis
• dehydrogenation
• scanning tunneling microscopy
• atomic force microscopy
• hydroacenes

The on-surface synthesis of nonacene has been accomplished by dehydrogenation of an air-stable partially saturated precursor, which could be aromatized by using a combined scanning tunneling and atomic force microscope as well as by on-surface annealing. This transformation allowed the in-detail analysis of the electronic properties of nonacene molecules physisorbed on Au(111) by scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements. The spatial mapping of molecular orbitals was corroborated by density functional theory calculations. Furthermore, the thermally induced dehydrogenation uncovered the isomerization of intermediate dihydrononacene species, which allowed for their in-depth structural and electronic characterization.

• 出版日期2017-9