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On-Surface Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Polymers: Rational Design and Electronic Properties

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On-Surface Synthesis II

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The fabrication of long-range ordered 2D polymers directly on metal surfaces still presents a great challenge in ultra-high vacuum surface science. The structure of the polymer networks is in general predetermined by the coupling chemistry and the symmetry of the molecular precursors. However, the irreversible nature of the C–C coupling reaction readily leads to the formation of defects. Over the last decade, several strategies in the on-surface synthesis have been suggested to improve the structural order. Among them, the programmed hierarchical synthesis through a sequential polymerization proved to be suitable to reduce defects in the formation of 2D polymers. This chapter provides a review on the state-of-the-art structural characterization of surface-supported 2D polymers by established surface science techniques. Further, the chapter focuses on the electronic structure of 2D polymers, which remained experimentally widely unexplored until now.

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The fruitful collaboration with Prof. Dr. Milan Kivala and Prof. Dr. Andreas Görling on the on-surface synthesis of 2D polymers at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg is gratefully acknowledged. Financial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the Collaborative Research Center SFB 953 “Synthetic Carbon Allotropes” and the Cluster of Excellence EXC 315 “Engineering of Advanced Materials” at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and the ERC Starting Grant SURFLINK (contract No. 637831) is acknowledged.

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Maier, S. (2018). On-Surface Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Polymers: Rational Design and Electronic Properties. In: de Oteyza, D., Rogero, C. (eds) On-Surface Synthesis II. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75810-7_8

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