title: Synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and graphite islands via surface-induced reaction of small molecules.
abstract: Attractive materials for molecular electronics are the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the hydrogen-terminated segments of a graphitic plane. Since the processing of larger PAHs, for example hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene, is complicated by their extremely low solubilities and very small vapor pressures, the possibility of a surface-assisted synthesis of planar PAHs is investigated starting from diphenylacetylene (left) and hexaphenylbenzene (right), as shown in the picture.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beernink
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dötz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müllen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wöll