Nanosurf Lab

Nonbenzenoid graphene nanoribbons 🧪 ⚛️ 〰️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we demonstrate the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons with 5 and 7 membered rings 🔬 👨‍💻

@fzuavcr.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

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doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c13211

π-radical coupling 🤝 🧪 ⚛️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we shed light on selective C-C coupling reactions mediated by π-radicals without requiring surface catalytic contributions 🔬 👨‍💻

@maleminore.bsky.social @fzuavcr.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c12864

Stabilisation by sodium! 🧪 ⚛️

Now in Chemistry - a European Journal, we show that Na atoms from NaCl can anchor organic molecules to the surface, facilitating on surface reactions at high temperatures⚓ 🔬 👨‍💻

@laertepatera.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502452

Oleksandr Stetsovych from Nanosurf lab explaining how our scanning tunnelling microscope works.

Open Days at FZU! 🧪 ⚛️

Earlier this month, our team members Oleksandr Stetsovych and @benjamin-lowe.bsky.social were busy showing our microscope and institute to school groups and members of the public as part of the the Week of the Czech Academy of Science 🔬 🧑‍🔬 👩‍🔬

Tuning Interface Electronic Properties via Chiral Two‐Dimensional Metal‐Organic Frameworks Structural symmetries are crucial for dictating the electronic properties of materials. Numerical methods with low-temperature scanning probe microscopy techniques are combined to quantitatively addr....

This 2D #MOF was a pleasure to study! Distinct #chiral phases emerged as a result of tilted molecules, giving us a great excuse to perform #nc-AFM 😏. Each chiral phase uniquely confined the Ag(111) surface state resulting in changes to the 2DEG band structure driven purely by structural symmetry.

@manishmitharwall.bsky.social @benjamin-lowe.bsky.social

Distinguishing between magnetic states at the atomic-scale 🧪⚛️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we show that SPM with NiCp2 molecules can discriminate between nearly degenerate magnetic ground states 🧲🔬🧑‍💻

@fzuavcr.bsky.social @imdeanano.bsky.social @oistedu.bsky.social

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doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

1D or 2D? 〰️ 🔷 🧪 ⚛️

📢 Now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social, we demonstrate control of dimensionality and selectivity in an on-surface polymerisation reaction by tuning molecular coverage 🧪 🔬 👨‍💻

@imdeanano.bsky.social @diegopena.bsky.social @ciqus.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/anie.202512575

Fede, Pavel, Ben, and Manish from Nanosurf lab in front of the FZU car in Ascona.

Fede, Ben, Pavel, and Manish with the FZU car in the mountains of Switzerland.

Manish discussing posters during the spinQuest conference in Ascona, Switzerland.

Road trip! 🚗🧪⚛️

Earlier this year, Pavel, @manishmitharwall.bsky.social, @maleminore.bsky.social, and @benjamin-lowe.bsky.social from our group attended the spinquest.ch conference in Ascona, Switzerland 🔬🧑‍💻

A week of new friends, great science, and beautiful scenery! ⛰️

@fzuavcr.bsky.social

Schematic image showing several key considerations of on-surface photochemistry: photoexcitation, reaction mechanism, and self-assembly.

Shedding light on surface photochemistry ⚛️🧪

Now in ChemPlusChem, we review recent photochemistry work on surfaces - exploring photoexcitation pathways, mechanisms, and self-assembly💡🔬

@chemistryeurope.bsky.social @maleminore.bsky.social @sofiaac.bsky.social

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doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202500476

Double doctoral celebration ⚛️🧪

Congrats to Dr. Marco Lozano and Dr. Alejandro Jimenez who both successfully defended their theses on many-body calculations and on-surface synthesis, respectively, in the past two weeks 🎉🎓🧑‍💻🔬

We wish them both all their best for their future endeavours in Spain!

Can you see molecular orbitals? Or are they really transitions? ⚛️ 🧪

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we urge for caution when interpreting STS experiments - particularly for polyradical open-shell molecules 🧲 👨‍💻 🔬

@fzuavcr.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

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The experimental team at Nanosurf lab + Stefano Trivini gathered on the tennis court at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

It was a pleasure to have Stefano Trivini visit us from @nanogune.bsky.social earlier this year - thanks for helping us learn about superconductivity in the lab and showing us some wicked serves on the tennis court ⚛️ 🧪 🎾

Looking forward to collaborating again soon 🤝

3 is the magic number 🧪 ⚛️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we synthesise and examine a spin 3/2 ferromagnetic trimer featuring three delocalised pi-electrons ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ 🧲

@nanogune.bsky.social @ciqus.bsky.social @diegopena.bsky.social @dipcehu.bsky.social

🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

🔜 16 de julio: seminario INMA con Benjamin Lowe, del Instituto de Física de la Academia Checa de Ciencias (Praga).
Charla, "Tuning electronic correlations at oxide interfaces"
ℹ inma.unizar-csic.es/agenda-event...
@unizar.es @aragoncsic.bsky.social #MCIU #AEI
@sommalliance.bsky.social

Dr. Federico Frezza presenting his PhD defence with powerpoint presentation in the background.

Fede celebrating with a BBQ among colleagues in the garden of our institute.

PhDone! ⚛️ 🧪

Congrats to Dr. Federico Frezza who successfully defended his thesis on light-induced chemical reactions on surfaces 💡🎓 🔬

We're sad that Fede's time with us will soon come to an end, but we wish him the very best for his next position in Florence 🍕 🍝 @maleminore.bsky.social

STM image of 2D MOF with schematic illustrating magnetic coupling between Co atoms and radical ligands.

📣 Complex spin texture in a 2D MOF on-surface ⬆️ ⬇️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we enhance magnetic functionality of MOFs by demonstrating strong π–d coupling between radical ligands and Co atoms 🧲 ⚛️ 🧪

@maleminore.bsky.social @fzuavcr.bsky.social @um.es

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What better way to be welcomed to Prague for our new postdoc Federico Villalobos than a face-to-face with legendary Czech climber Adam Ondra 🧗‍♂️

Fede joins us having completed his PhD in @universidadgranada.bsky.social ⚛️🧪 Welcome Fede 🎉

📢 Recently published in ACS Nano, we characterise a new 2D magnetic material CoCl2 🧲 We discuss the material's in-plane ferromagnetism, and in-gap states at the CoCl2-Au(111) interface 🔬 🧪 ⚛️

@csic.es @www.unizar.es‬ @nanogune.bsky.social @cfmdonostia.bsky.social‬

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doi.org/10.1021/acsn...

Hi, our page is for the nanosurf lab group with PI Pavel Jelinek. Could we be added to the science and chemistry feeds please?
nanosurf.fzu.cz
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Hi, our page is for the nanosurf lab group with PI Pavel Jelinek. Could we be added to the science and physics feeds please?
nanosurf.fzu.cz
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

What's up doc? 🐰 We're happy to share the good news that Qifan Chen successfully defended his thesis becoming our group's latest doctor! 🎓

In Qifan's thesis, he shed light on on-surface reaction mechanisms using hybrid QM/MM methods⚛️🧑‍💻 Congrats Qif and all the best for the future!

We're heading to the DPG spring meeting in Regensburg next week! Come and say hi to Manish, Pavel, Diego, and Marco at their talks 👨‍💻📽️

Full program www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2025/co...

Thank you Rémy!

we report the formation of a stable, surface-supported dinitrene achieved through the photolysis of a diazide precursor on an Au(111) metal substrate. We combine high-resolution scanning probe techniques with theoretical calculations, providing the first real-space imaging of a metal nitrene adsorbed on a surface and exploring the associated photoreaction mechanism.

📢 Bringing to light a new surface reaction💡

We imaged a stable, surface-supported nitrene synthesized through azide photolysis on Au(111) ⚡

with @grilllab.bsky.social

Read more on @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Triangulene dimers linked by one or two para-biphenyl units were synthesized on Au(111). STM, non-contact AFM, and scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements reveal an open-shell singlet magnetic exchange coupling for Dimer 1 (ES-T=15 mV), influenced by the dihedral angles of the two para-biphenyl units. Dimers 2′ with an ES-T=6.6 mV were obtained from a more flexible precursor equipped with one para-biphenyl linker.

What's the only thing better than one triangulene? Two triangulenes!
◀️🟰▶️ Check out our latest work just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social with @imdeananociencia.bsky.social 🔬 We look into the influence of dihedral angles on magnetic coupling 🧲

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Chemical reaction scheme - LEEM allows to monitor the surface in real time

In our latest research on @chemistryeurope.bsky.social we monitor an on-surface chemical reaction in real time ⏱️ using Low-Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) 🔬
In collaboration with Jan Čechal group at CEITEC - Brno

🔗 Read more: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Chemical sketch and ncAFM images of the hydroamination & cyclization of alkynes

📣 Check out our latest work on @materchemfront.bsky.social @roysocchem.bsky.social
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/qm/d4qm00866a

We achieve the first intramolecular hydroamination & cyclization of alkynes on Au(111) under UHV 🧪 STM + nc-AFM + DFT 🔬

Scheme of a nickelocene molecule attached to the STM tip

Interested in using nickelocene tip as a spin sensor? 🧲
Check out our how-to guide for theory & experiment 💻🔬 Python code available!

Out now on @ioppublishing.bsky.social
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/ad9c08