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  • Higher Acenes by On‐Surface...
    Zuzak, Rafal; Dorel, Ruth; Kolmer, Marek; Szymonski, Marek; Godlewski, Szymon; Echavarren, Antonio M.

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), August 13, 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 33
    Journal Article

    A unified approach to the synthesis of the series of higher acenes up to previously unreported undecacene has been developed through the on‐surface dehydrogenation of partially saturated precursors. These molecules could be converted into the parent acenes by both atomic manipulation with the tip of a scanning tunneling and atomic force microscope (STM/AFM) as well as by on‐surface annealing. The structure of the generated acenes has been visualized by high‐resolution non‐contact AFM imaging and the evolution of the transport gap with the increase of the number of fused benzene rings has been determined on the basis of scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements. Turn it up to eleven: Larger acenes ranging from heptacene to undecacene have been obtained by on‐surface synthesis. The structure of the generated acenes has been visualized by high‐resolution non‐contact atomic force microscopy. The evolution of the transport gap with the increasing number of fused benzene rings has been observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy.