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

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

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

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

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Vibrational excitations in magnetic triangular nanographenes

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

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

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Roadmap on Atomically-Engineered Quantum Platforms

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Evidence of spin and charge density waves in Chromium electronic bands

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

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

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

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

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

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

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