title: On-surface aryl-aryl coupling via selective C-H activation.
abstract: Through the interplay of high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) imaging/manipulation and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we have demonstrated that an unprecedented selective aryl-aryl coupling via direct C-H bond activation can be successfully achieved on Cu(110). These findings present a simple and generalized route for preparing low dimensional carbon nanomaterials.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Road 4800, Shanghai 201804, P. R. China. xuwei@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huihui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Qinggang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu