On-surface Synthesis of Carbon-based Nanostructures

Our lab is focused in the on-surface synthesis of atomically precise synthetic carbon-based nanostructures (SCNs). More specifically, the investigation of novel nanographenes (NGs) and covalently linked organic polymers (CPs), with prospects in organic electronics. The fabrication and characterization of such SCNs on surfaces, often hampered under conventional solution chemistry due to their low solubility and high reactivity, provide a novel route to study their unique structural, electronic and magnetic properties, enabling completely new functionalities.

1.- On-surface synthesis of carbon-based nanostructures on metal substrates. Study of the chemical stability and the transfer of such SCNs from the necessary metallic substrate to a technologically relevant one.

2.- Light-induced chemical reactions on decoupling layers.

3.- On-surface synthesis of carbon-based nanostructures on oxide substrates.