Template-Mediated Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Cyclodehydrogenation and Planarization of a Hexaphenylbenzene Derivative at a Copper Surface.
The deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on substrate surfaces is a key step for using such disklike molecules in nanoelectronic devices. An alternative to the (frequently problematic) preparation by evaporation or deposition from solution is to use the substrate surface as a template for the planarization that accompanies the cyclodehydrogenation (see picture).
Weiss
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Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I der Universität, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum (Germany).
Beernink
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Dötz
F
Birkner
A
Müllen
K
Wöll
CH