N-Heterocyclic carbene-based gold etchants

• Robert B. Chevalier,
• Justin Pantano,
• Matthew K. Kiesewetter and
• Jason R. Dwyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 865–871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.71

• Robert B. Chevalier Justin Pantano Matthew K. Kiesewetter Jason R. Dwyer Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA 10.3762/bjnano.14.71 Abstract N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are an emerging alternative to thiols for the formation of stable

• but also the potential for deliberate etching, with the outcome determined by choice of chemically synthesized organic species and solvent. Keywords: gold etchant; microfabrication; N-heterocyclic carbenes; self-assembled monolayer (SAM); thin films; Introduction Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are

Adsorbate-driven cooling of carbene-based molecular junctions

• Giuseppe Foti and
• Héctor Vázquez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2060–2068, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.206

• electrodes, close to the metal–carbene bond. N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have recently attracted much attention because of their interesting electronic properties and their high thermal and mechanical stability [25][26][27]. We recently studied the electronic and elastic transport properties of NHC-based

Rigid multipodal platforms for metal surfaces

• Michal Valášek,
• Marcin Lindner and
• Marcel Mayor

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 374–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.34

• ], selenols (–SeH) [36][37][38][39], fullerenes [40][41][42], isocyanides (–NC) [30][43][44], nitriles (–CN) [45][46], nitro (–NO2) [46], isothiocyanides (–NCS) [47], methyl sulfide (–SCH3) [31], dithiocarbamates (–NCS2) [48], carbodithiolates (–CS2H) [49][50], hydroxyl (–OH) [51], N-heterocyclic carbenes [52