Photochemistry Highlights on On-Surface Synthesis.

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Date publication

septembre 2019

Journal

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr CHERIOUX Frédéric


Tous les auteurs :
Palmino F, Loppacher C, Chérioux F

Résumé

On-surface chemistry is a promising way to achieve the bottom-up construction of covalently-bonded molecular precursors into extended atomically-precise polymers adsorbed on surfaces. These polymers exhibit unprecedented physical or chemical properties which are of great interest for various potential applications. These nanostructures were mainly obtained in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) on noble metal single-crystal surfaces by thermal annealing as stimulus to provoke the polymerization with a catalytic role of the surface adatoms. Nevertheless, photons are also a powerful source of energy to induce the formation of covalent architectures, even if it is less-used on surfaces than in solution. In this minireview, we discuss the photo-induced on-surface polymerization from the basic mechanisms of photochemistry to the formation of extended polymers on different kinds of surfaces, which are characterized by scanning probe microscopies.

Mots clés

Nanoarchitectures, on-surface chemistry, photochemistry, photopolymerization, scanning probe microscopy

Référence

Chemphyschem. 2019 09 17;20(18):2271-2280