A team of researchers from CNR-ISM and IMDEA Nanociencia (Espana), has successfully synthesized novel low-dimensional polymers based on porphyrinoid structures, offering exciting prospects for electronic, optical, and catalytic applications.
The study, conducted under ultrahigh-vacuum conditions, utilized surface-assisted synthesis to create both one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) carbaporphyrinoid-based polymers.
The breakthrough was achieved through a precise molecular design, incorporating controlled carbon-carbon coupling and halogen-functionalized precursors. Notably, the team also introduced cobalt atoms into these structures, resulting in a highly unusual two-fold metal coordination—challenging conventional tetrapyrrole chemistry.
This pioneering work paves the way for the development of atomically precise nanomaterials, with potential implications for catalysis, molecular electronics, and quantum materials.