Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Peer-reviewed

Radical-Induced Changes in Transition Metal Interfacial Magnetic Properties: A Blatter Derivative on Polycrystalline Cobalt

E. M. Nowik-Boltyk, T. Junghoefer, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, C. Shu, A. Rajca, A. Droghetti, M. B. Casu

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. (2024) (open access) (featured on the inside back cover)

Long-term degradation mechanisms in application-implemented radical thin films

E. M. Nowik-Boltyk, T. Junghoefer, M. Glaser, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, S. Zhang, C. Shu, A. Rajca, A. Calzolari, M. B. Casu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 15 (2023) 30935 (open access)

Thermally Ultra-Robust S = ½ Tetrazolinyl Radicals: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, Magnetism, and Nanoneedle Assemblies on Silicon Surface.

Z. Yang, M. Pink, E.M. Nowik-Boltyk, S. Lu, T. Junghoefer, S. Rajca, S. Stoll, M. B. Casu, A. Rajca

JACS 145 (2023) 13335   (preprint)

Titanium (IV) Surface Complexes Bearing Chelating Catecholato Ligands for Enhanced Band-Gap Reduction
A. Sonström, B. Boldrini, D. Werner, C. Maichle-Mössmer, K. Rebner, M.B. Casu, R. Anwander

Inorg. Chem. 62 (2023) 715

Magnetic behaviour in metal-free radical thin films

T. Junghoefer, A. Calzolari, I. Baev, M. Glaser, F. Ciccullo, E. Giangristomi, R. Ovsyannikov,, F. Kielgast, M. Nissen, J. Schwarz, N. M. Gallagher, A. Rajca, M. Martins, M. B. Casu

Chem (Cell Press) 8 (2022) 801 (open access) (research highlight in Nat. Rev. Chem. 6 (2022) 88)

High-Spin (S = 1) Blatter-Based Diradical with Robust Stability and Electrical Conductivity

S. Zhang, M. Pink, T. Junghoefer, W. Zhao, S.-N. Hsu, S. Rajca, B. W. Boudouris, A. Calzolari, M. B. Casu, A. Rajca

JACS 144 (2022) 13

(invited) From radical to triradical thin film processes: the Blatter radical derivatives   (open access)

A. Calzolari, A. Rajca, M. B. Casu

J. Mater Chem C 9 (2021) 10787 Special issue “Materials for molecular electronics and magnetism”

Synthesis and Thin Films of Thermally Robust Quartet (S = 3/2) Ground State Triradical

C. Shu, M. Pink, T.  Junghoefer, E. Nadler, S. Rajca, M. B. Casu, A. Rajca

JACS 143 (2021) 5508

Challenges in controlled thermal deposition of organic diradicals

T. Junghoefer, N. M. Gallagher, K. Kolanji, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, T. Chassé, M. Baumgarten, A. Rajca, A. Calzolari, M. B. Casu

Chem. Mater. 33 (2021) 2019 (Featured on the front cover)

Stability of radical-functionalized gold surfaces by self-assembly and on-surface chemistry   (open access)

T. Junghoefer, E. Malgorzata Nowik-Boltyk, J. A. de Sousa, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, T. Chassé, J. Veciana, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Rovira, N. Crivillers, M. B. Casu

Chem. Sci. 11 (2020) 9162  Selected for the Themed collection #RSCPoster Twitter Conference

Exploiting the versatile alkyne-based chemistry for expanding the applications of a stable triphenylmethyl organic radical on surfaces   (open access)

J. Alejandro de Sousa, F. Bejarano, D. Gutiérrez, Y. R. Leroux, E.-M. Nowik Boltyk, T. Junghoefer, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, M. B. Casu, J. Veciana, M. Mas-Torrent, B. Fabre, C. Rovira, N. Crivillers

Chem. Sci. 11 (2020) 516

Thermally and Magnetically Robust Triplet Ground State Diradical

N. Gallagher, H. Zhang, T. Junghoefer, E. Giangrisostomi, R. Ovsyannikov, M. Pink, S. Rajca, M. B. Casu, A. Rajca

JACS 141 (2019) 4764

Interfacing a Potential Purely Organic Molecular Quantum Bit with a Real-Life Surface

F. Ciccullo, A. Calzolari, K. Bader, P. Neugebauer, N. M. Gallagher, A. Rajca, J. van Slageren, M. B. Casu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 11 (2019) 1571

Nanoscale studies of organic radicals: Surface, interface, and spinterface

M. B. Casu

Acc. Chem. Res. 51 (2018) 753

Thin Film Properties and Stability of a Potential Molecular Quantum Bit Based on Copper(II)

F. Ciccullo, M. Glaser, M.-S. Sättele, S. Lenz, P. Neugebauer, Y. Rechkemmer, J. van Slageren, M. B. Casu

J. Mater Chem C 6 (2018) 8028

Doping and oxidation effects at ambient conditions in copper surfaces: a real-life CuBe surface

M. Glaser, F. Ciccullo, E. Giangristomi, R. Ovsyannikov, A. Calzolari, M. B. Casu

J. Mater Chem C 6 (2018) 2769