Hi everyone,
I wanted to share a theoretical idea and get some feedback from people who know materials science or surface chemistry better than I do.
I recently put together a preprint on a possible precursor-design route for the on-surface synthesis of tetrahex-carbon, a predicted 2D carbon allotrope made of alternating four- and six-membered rings. The main idea is that biphenylene-based approaches may run into a topological limitation, and that a different precursor design could be more suitable for forming the tetrahex lattice.
Just to be clear, this is still a theory / hypothesis, not an experimental result. I am mainly interested in whether the chemistry and geometry seem plausible, and whether the proposed route makes sense from a materials point of view.I would really appreciate any thoughts on the precursor design, the proposed coupling mechanism, or what kind of validation would be most convincing next.
Here’s the link to the preprint: Toward the Synthesis of Tetrahex-Carbon: A Rational Precursor Design Theory for On-Surface Synthesis of a 4-6 Carbon Allotrope
I’m looking towards your feedback