Interplay of Chemical and Electronic Structure on the Single-Molecule Level in 2D Polymerization

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• 作者：Claudius MorchuttJonas Björk ; Carola StraßerUlrich Starke ; Rico Gutzler ; Klaus Kern
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 27, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：10
• 期：12
• 页码：11511-11518
• 全文大小：594K
• ISSN：1936-086X

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Single layers of covalently linked organic materials in the form of two-dimensional (2D) polymers constitute structures complementary to inorganic 2D materials. The electronic properties of 2D polymers may be manipulated through a deliberate choice of the organic precursors. Here we address the changes in electronic structure—from precursor molecule to oligomer—by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. For this purpose, we introduce the polymerization reaction of 1,3,5-tris(4-carboxyphenyl)benzene via decarboxylation on Cu(111), which is thoroughly characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. We present a comprehensive study of a contamination-free on-surface coupling scheme and study how dehydrogenation, decarboxylation, and polymerization affect the electronic structure on the molecular level.