J A Lipton-Duffin et al.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 5(5), 592-597 (2009-02-26)
The surface-mediated synthesis of epitaxially aligned and separated polyphenylene lines on Cu(110) by exploiting the Ullmann dehalogenation reaction is reported. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) show that the C-I bonds of 1,4-diiodobenzene and 1,3-diiodobenzene (C(6)H(4)I(2)) are