Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic porphyrin edge extensions

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Nat. Chem. 17, 1356 - 1363 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01887-9

Determining energy dispersion of spin excitations with scanning tunneling spectroscopy

J. C. G Henriques, C. Zhao, G. Catarina, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, J. Fernández-Rossier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 096703 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/n8jn-p468

Thermal decomposition mechanisms of phosphorus flame retardants: A combined theoretical and experimental approach

J. Chen, S. Lehner, S. Y. Teng, S. Gaan, D. Passerone, M. Heuberger, A. Gooneie

Polym. Degrad. Stab. 241, 111543 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111543

BaZrS₃ Lights Up: The Interplay of Electrons, Photons, and Phonons in Strongly Luminescent Single Crystals

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Adv. Optical Mater. e00915 (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adom.202500915

Atomic-Scale Imaging of Transferred Graphene Nanoribbons for Nanoelectronic Device Integration

A. Kinikar, F. Xiang, L. Palomino-Ruiz, L.-S. Lu, C. Dong, Y. Gu, R. Darawish, E. Ammerman, O. Gröning, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, J. A. Robinson, P. Ruffieux, B. Schuler, G. Borin Barin

ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 8, 16457 - 16464 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c02753

Electronic Properties of On-surface Synthesized (4,1,4) Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons

O. Deniz, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, Q. Chen, P. Shinde, C.A. Pignedoli, J. Liu, X. Feng, A. Narita, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, D. Passerone, P. Ruffieux

Carbon 243, 120610  (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120610

Vibrational excitations in magnetic triangular nanographenes

N. Krane, E. Turco, A. Bernhardt, M. Juríček, R. Fasel, P. Ruffieux

Nano Lett. 25, 10090 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01921

On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of Cumulene-Linked Stone-Wales Polymers

E. Pérez-Elvira, F. Wu, J. H. Hwang,  J. Ma, L. Palomino-Ruiz, S. Canola, A. Barragán, K. Lauwaet,  J. M. Gallego, R. Miranda,  M. L. Perrin,  D. Écija, A. Gallardo,  G. Borin Barin, X. Feng,  J. I. Urgel

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. E202506803 (2025). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506803

Optical transition energies and phonon assignment in graphene nanoribbons obtained by resonance Raman scattering

V. V. Nascimento, G. Borin Barin, A. Righi, M. A. Pimenta, C. Fantini

Carbon 243, 120581 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120581

Roadmap on Atomically-Engineered Quantum Platforms

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Nano Futures (2025). DOI: 10.1088/2399-1984/ade6b7

Single molecule chemistry for cyclic carbon synthesis

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Nat. Synth. 4, 909 - 910 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00804-9

Evidence of spin and charge density waves in Chromium electronic bands

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Commun. Mater. 6, 70 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-00789-0

Efficient Blade-Coated Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells via Interface Engineering

J. K. Pious, P. N. Rohrbeck, R. Widmer, A. H. Oechsle, S. B. Shivarudraiah, R. K. Kothandaraman, S. Siegrist, C.-J. Shih, T. A. Jung, S. A. L. Weber, A. N. Tiwari, F. Fu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 17, 24040 - 24047 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c03709

Coupling of Nondegenerate Topological Modes in Nitrogen Core-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons

P. H. Jacobse, M. Pizzochero, E. C. Ho Wen, G. Borin Barin, X. Li, Z. Mutlu, K. Müllen, E. Kaxiras, M. F. Crommie, F. R. Fischer

ACS Nano 19, 13029 - 13036 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c17602

Spin excitations in nanographene-based antiferromagnetic spin-¹/₂ Heisenberg chains

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Nat. Mater. 24, 722 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02166-1

Enhancing Chemoselectivity of On-Surface Reactions on Reconstructed Au(110): the Case of a Pentalene-Bridged Polyacene Analogue

F. Xiang, A. Kinikar, M. Mühlinghaus, N. Bassi, C.A. Pignedoli, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, P. Ruffieux

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 6, 4930 - 4936 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13944

Layer-Dependent Charge-State Lifetime of Single Se Vacancies in WSe₂

L. Bobzien, J. Allerbeck, N. Krane, A. Ortega-Guerrero, Z. Wang, D. E. Cintron Figueroa, C. Dong, C.A. Pignedoli, J. A. Robinson, B. Schuler

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The role of precursor coverage in the synthesis and substrate transfer of graphene nanoribbons

R. Darawish, O. Braun, K. Müllen, M. Calame, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, G. Borin Barin

Nanoscale Adv. 7, 1962-1971 (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D5NA00017C

A Poly(2,7-anthrylene) with peri-Fused Porphyrin Edges

Y. Gu, F. Xiang, Y. Liang, P. Bai, Z. Qiu, Q. Chen, A. Narita, Y. Xie, R. Fasel, K. Müllen

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 64, e202417129 (2025). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202417129