Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), C/ Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Chem Soc Rev. 2011 Sep;40(9):4578-90. doi: 10.1039/c0cs00161a. Epub 2011 Jun 13.
Creating or connecting together large organic molecules, as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), by chemical reactions readily on surfaces is the first step to a true advance in the field of molecular electronics. On-surface synthesis can be regarded as an efficient means to build new molecular species by using bottom-up strategies. Recently, a collection of different reactions leading to large tailor-made organic molecules on single-crystal metal surfaces has been reported. The fundamental mechanisms controlling these reactions can be investigated from a surface science perspective. This discipline skillfully combines the use of characterization techniques at the nanoscale, with single-crystal metallic surfaces able to catalyse these reactions. We present a tutorial review that highlights the relevance of the new bottom up strategies and classifies most of the different molecular on-surface reactions involving aromatic organic molecules that have been published up to date.
通过化学反应在表面上轻易地创建或连接大型有机分子，如多环芳烃（PAH），是分子电子学领域真正进步的第一步。表面合成可以被视为通过自下而上的策略构建新的分子种类的有效手段。最近，已经报道了一系列导致单晶金属表面上大型定制有机分子的不同反应。可以从表面科学的角度研究控制这些反应的基本机制。这门学科巧妙地结合了纳米尺度的表征技术，以及能够催化这些反应的单晶金属表面。我们呈现了一个教程性的综述，突出了新的自下而上策略的相关性，并对迄今为止已发表的涉及芳香族有机分子的大多数不同的分子表面反应进行了分类。
