Understanding N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Metal Surfaces – Properties & Applications (B03)

近年来，N-杂环卡宾（NHC）成为金属表面改性的重要分子。然而，关于表面上的行为的知识仍然有限。项目B 03的目的是更好、更详细地了解不同金属表面上的NHC。详细的扫描隧道显微镜（STM）实验结合计算研究将被应用，解决NHC和金属表面对表面重建的影响和NHC作为受控分子转子的行为。此外，NHCs对电极性能和NHCs的表面反应的影响将被详细研究。

In recent years, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) became a prominent class of molecules for metal surface modification. However, the knowledge about the behavior on the surface is still limited. The aim of project B03 is to gain a better and more detailed understanding about NHCs on different metal surfaces. Detailed scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments in combination with computational studies will be applied, addressing both the influence of the NHC and the metal surface on surface reconstructions and the behavior of NHCs to act as controlled molecular rotors. Moreover, the influence of NHCs on electrode properties and on-surface reactions of NHCs will be studied in detail.