@article{oai:oist.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001162, author = {Qiang, Sun and Ian Cheng-Yi, Hou and Kristjan, Eimre and Carlo A., Pignedoli and Pascal, Ruffieux and Akimitsu, Narita and Roman, Fasel}, issue = {89}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, month = {Oct}, note = {Azulene, the smallest neutral nonalternant aromatic hydrocarbon, serves not only as a prototype for fundamental studies but also as a versatile building block for functional materials because of its unique opto(electronic) properties. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis and characterization of the homopolymer of azulene connected exclusively at the 2,6-positions using 2,6-diiodoazulene as the monomer precursor. As an intermediate to the formation of polyazulene, a gold-(2,6-azulenylene) chain is observed.}, pages = {13466--13469}, title = {On-surface synthesis of polyazulene with 2,6-connectivity}, volume = {55}, year = {2019} }