On-Surface Synthesis of Triaza[5]triangulene through Cyclodehydrogenation and its Magnetism

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2024-11-04

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Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Volume 63, issue 45, pp. 1-6

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Triangulenes as neutral radicals are becoming promising candidates for future applications such as spintronics and quantum technologies. To extend the potential of the advanced materials, it is of importance to control their electronic and magnetic properties by multiple graphitic nitrogen doping. Here, we synthesize triaza[5]triangulene on Au(111) by cyclodehydrogenation, and its derivatives by cleaving C−N bonds. Bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy provided detailed structural information and evidence for open-shell singlet ground state. The antiferromagnetic arrangement of the spins in positively doped triaza[5]triangulene was further confirmed by density function theory calculations. The key aspect of triangulenes with multiple graphitic nitrogen is the extra pz electrons composing the π orbitals, favoring charge transfer to the substrate and changing their low-energy excitations. Our findings pave the way for the exploration of exotic low-dimensional quantum phases of matter in heteroatom doped organic systems.

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Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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density functional theory, graphitic nitrogen, on-surface synthesis, scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, triangulene

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Li, D, Silveira, O J, Matsuda, T, Hayashi, H, Maeda, H, Foster, A S & Kawai, S 2024, ' On-Surface Synthesis of Triaza[5]triangulene through Cyclodehydrogenation and its Magnetism ', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 63, no. 45, e202411893, pp. 1-6 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202411893