On-surface synthesis
- Submission status
- Closed
- Submission deadline
The development of combined organic and on-surface synthesis allows for the fabrication and characterization of organic nanomaterials with atomic precision. Such materials have the potential to display novel optical, electronic and magnetic properties, based upon the properties of the precursor materials or as an emergent property of the synthesized structures. Additionally, surface-confined synthesis offers an alternative to the methodologies employed within the solution phase, with the reduced dimensionality providing a new route to influencing and controlling materials fabrication.
This Collection aims to bring together the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of covalently bonded nanomaterials fabricated by the on-surface synthesis approach, as well as highlighting advances in the synthesis of coordination polymers, macrocycles and other compounds obtained on surfaces.
We welcome both experimental and theoretical studies, with topics of interest including but not limited to:
- Novel on-surface synthesis methodologies.
- Synthesis of surface-confined carbon nanostructures, graphene-based systems, covalent organic frameworks, coordination polymers, and macrocycles.
- Characterization of the structure and properties of on-surface synthesized molecules and nanomaterials.
- Mechanistic details of on-surface processes and reactions.
The Collection primarily welcomes original research papers, in the form of both full articles and communications. All submissions will be subject to the same review process and editorial standards as regular Communications Chemistry Articles.
Editors
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Jennifer MacLeod
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
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Ping Yu &
Ping Yu
ShanghaiTech University, China
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Alex Saywell
University of Nottingham, UK
Jennifer MacLeod is an Associate Professor and Head of School of Chemistry and Physics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on microscopy and spectroscopy of surface-confined molecular systems, including on-surface self-assembly, transformation and synthesis.
Ping Yu received her B.S. degree From Nankai University in 2004 and Ph.D. degree in physics from Fudan University in 2009. From 2009 to 2015, She worked as a postdoc in the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics and university of Regensburg in Germany. From 2016 to present, she has been an Associate Professor in the School of Physical Science and Technology of ShanghaiTech University.
Alex Saywell is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. Since 2015 he has held Marie Curie IEF and Nottingham Research Fellowships, achieving his current position in 2018. His research focuses on the interdisciplinary area of nanoscience, studying surface confined molecular reactions and interactions via scanning probe microscopy characterisation techniques.
