化学
开壳
扫描隧道显微镜
密度泛函理论
分子
原子轨道
扫描隧道光谱
基质(水族馆)
结晶学
光化学
计算化学
纳米技术
电子
有机化学
地质学
物理
海洋学
材料科学
量子力学
作者
Tao Wang,Alejandro Berdonces-Layunta,Niklas Friedrich,Manuel Vilas-Varela,Jan Patrick Calupitan,Jose L. Pascual,Diego Peña,David Casanova,Martina Corso,Dimas G. de Oteyza
摘要
Nitrogen heteroatom doping into a triangulene molecule allows tuning its magnetic state. However, the synthesis of the nitrogen-doped triangulene (aza-triangulene) has been challenging. Herein, we report the successful synthesis of aza-triangulene on the Au(111) and Ag(111) surfaces, along with their characterizations by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy in combination with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Aza-triangulenes were obtained by reducing ketone-substituted precursors. Exposure to atomic hydrogen followed by thermal annealing and, when necessary, manipulations with the scanning probe afforded the target product. We demonstrate that on Au(111), aza-triangulene donates an electron to the substrate and exhibits an open-shell triplet ground state. This is derived from the different Kondo resonances of the final aza-triangulene product and a series of intermediates on Au(111). Experimentally mapped molecular orbitals match with DFT-calculated counterparts for a positively charged aza-triangulene. In contrast, aza-triangulene on Ag(111) receives an extra electron from the substrate and displays a closed-shell character. Our study reveals the electronic properties of aza-triangulene on different metal surfaces and offers an approach for the fabrication of new hydrocarbon structures, including reactive open-shell molecules.
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