Catalytic effects of iron adatoms in poly(para-phenylene) synthesis on rutile TiO2(110)

• DOI: 10.1039/d4nr04407j
• Publication Date: 2025-01-09T07:01:54Z
• Authors: Mohammadreza Rostami; Biao Yang; Xiaochuan Ma; Sifan You; Jin Zhou; Meng Zhang; Xuefeng Cui; Haiming Zhang; Francesco Allegretti; Bing Wang; Lifeng Chi; Johannes V. Barth

We studied light and iron adatoms’ influence on debromination of 4,4′′-dibromo-p-terphenyl precursors forming poly(para-phenylene) wires via Ullmann coupling on TiO2(110), using scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy.