title: On-surface polymerization on a semiconducting oxide: aryl halide coupling controlled by surface hydroxyl groups on rutile TiO2(011).
abstract: Based on scanning tunneling microscopy experiments, we show that the covalent coupling of aryl halide monomers on the rutile TiO2(011)-(2 × 1) surface is controlled by the density of surface hydroxyl groups. The efficiency of the polymerization reaction depends on the level of surface hydroxylation, but the presence of hydroxyl groups is also essential for the reaction to occur.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nanometer-Scale Science and Advanced Materials, NANOSAM, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland. marek.kolmer@uj.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolmer
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zuzak
authors.forename: Amir A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ahmad Zebari
authors.forename: Szymon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godlewski
authors.forename: Jakub S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Prauzner-Bechcicki
authors.forename: Witold
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authors.lastname: Piskorz
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zasada
authors.forename: Zbigniew
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authors.lastname: Sojka
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bléger
authors.forename: Stefan
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authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymonski