Affiliation:
1. Molecular Surface Science Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Dübendorf Switzerland
2. Nanosurf Lab Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 6 Czech Republic
3. Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Zürich Switzerland
Abstract
ABSTRACTHelicenes represent an important class of chiral organic material with promising optoelectronic properties. Hence, functionalization of surfaces with helicenes is a key step towards new organic material devices. This review presents different aspects of adsorption and modification of metal surfaces with different helicene species. Topics addressed are chiral crystallization, that is, 2D conglomerate versus racemate crystallization, breaking of mirror‐symmetry in racemates, chirality‐induced spin selectivity, and stereoselective on‐surface chemistry.
Funder
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Grantová Agentura České Republiky