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On-surface chemical reactions characterised by ultra-high resolution scanning probe microscopy (2020)
Journal Article
Sweetman, A., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (2020). On-surface chemical reactions characterised by ultra-high resolution scanning probe microscopy. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(13), 4189-4202. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00166j

In the last decade it has become possible to resolve the geometric structure of organic molecules with intramolecular resolution using high resolution scanning probe microscopy (SPM), and specifically using the subset of SPM known as noncontact atomi... Read More about On-surface chemical reactions characterised by ultra-high resolution scanning probe microscopy.

On-Surface Synthesis within a Porphyrin Nanoring Template (2019)
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Judd, C. J., Kondratuk, D. V., Anderson, H. L., & Saywell, A. (2019). On-Surface Synthesis within a Porphyrin Nanoring Template. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 9352. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45359-w

On-surface synthesis provides a route for the production of 1D and 2D covalently bonded polymeric structures. Such reactions are confined to the surface of a substrate and the catalytic properties of the substrate are often utilised to initiate the r... Read More about On-Surface Synthesis within a Porphyrin Nanoring Template.

An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template (2017)
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Judd, C. J., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (2018). An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(1), 56-61. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704693

On-surface reactions based on metal-catalysed Ullmann coupling have been successfully employed to synthesise a wide variety of covalently coupled structures. Substrate chemistry and topology are both known to effect the progression of an on-surface r... Read More about An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template.

Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures (2017)
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Judd, C. J., Haddow, S. L., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (in press). Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures. Scientific Reports, 7(14541), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13315-1

On-surface reactions based on Ullmann coupling are known to proceed on coinage-metal substrates (e.g. Au, Ag, Cu), with the chemistry of the surface strongly influencing the reaction progression. In addition, the topography of the surface may be expe... Read More about Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures.

Probing properties of molecule-based interface systems: general discussion and Discussion of the Concluding Remarks (2017)
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Amabilino, D., Bâldea, I., Batteas, J., Beton, P., Bilbao, N., Costantini, G., Davidson, J., De Feyter, S., Diaz Fernandez, Y., Ernst, K.-H., Hirsch, B., Jabbarzadeh, A., Jones, R., Kühnle, A., Lackinger, M., Li, Z., Lin, N., Linderoth, T. R., Martsinovich, N., Nalbach, M., …Tait, S. L. (2017). Probing properties of molecule-based interface systems: general discussion and Discussion of the Concluding Remarks. Faraday Discussions, 204, 503-530. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7fd90077e

Light-induced translation of motorized molecules on a surface (2016)
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Saywell, A., Bakker, A., Mielke, J., Kumagai, T., Wolf, M., García-López, V., Chiang, P. T., Tour, J. M., & Grill, L. (2016). Light-induced translation of motorized molecules on a surface. ACS Nano, 10(12), 10945-10952. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b05650

Molecular machines are a key component in the vision of molecular nanotechnology and have the potential to transport molecular species and cargo on surfaces. The motion of such machines should be triggered remotely, ultimately allowing a large number... Read More about Light-induced translation of motorized molecules on a surface.

Publisher's Note: “Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum” [J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 34, 011801 (2016)] (2016)
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Nacci, C., Saywell, A., Troadec, C., Deng, J., Willinger, M. G., Joachim, C., & Grill, L. (2016). Publisher's Note: “Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum” [J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 34, 011801 (2016)]. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 34(5), Article 053401. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4962725

This article was originally published online on 7 December 2015 without one of the authors. All online versions of the article were corrected on 23 September 2016; the article is correct as it appears in the printed version of the journal.

Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling (2016)
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Saywell, A., Browning, A. S., Rahe, P., Anderson, H. L., & Beton, P. H. (2016). Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling. Chemical Communications, 52(68), 10342-10345. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03758E

One-dimensional polymer chains consisting of π-conjugated porphyrin units are formed via Glaser coupling on a Ag(111) surface. Scanning probe microscopy reveals the covalent structure of the products and their ordering. The conformational flexibility... Read More about Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling.

Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum (2015)
Journal Article
Nacci, C., Saywell, A., Troadec, C., Deng, J., Willinger, M. G., Joachim, C., & Grill, L. (2015). Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4936886

Transferring molecular nanostructures from one surface to another in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) by mechanical contact might be a possible route to avoid the severe limitations of in situ molecular synthesis on technologically relevant template surfaces.... Read More about Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum.