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The modification of metal electrode surfaces with functional organic molecules is an important part of organic electronics. The interaction of the buckminsterfullerene fragment molecule pentaindenocorannulene with a Cu(100) surface is studied by scanning tunneling microscopy, dispersion‐enabled density functional theory, and force field calculations. Experimental and theoretical methods suggest that two adjacent indeno groups become oriented parallel to the surface upon adsorption under mild distortion of the molecular frame. The binding mechanism between molecule and surface is dominated by strong electrostatic interaction owing to Pauli repulsion. Two‐dimensional aggregation at room temperature leads to a single lattice structure in which all molecules are oriented unidirectionally. Their relative arrangement in the lattice suggests noncovalent intermolecular interaction through C−H⋅⋅⋅π bonding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon monoxide is a ubiquitous molecule in surface science, materials chemistry, catalysis and nanotechnology. Its interaction with a number of metal surfaces is at the heart of major processes, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis or fuel-cell optimization. Recent works, coupling structural and nanoscale in situ analytic tools have highlighted the ability of metal surfaces and nanoparticles to undergo restructuring after exposure to CO under fairly mild conditions, generating nanostructures. This Minireview proposes a brief overview of recent examples of such nanostructuring, which leads to a discussion about the driving force in reversible and non-reversible situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Young Chemists Special Issue has been put together to celebrate the past winners of the European Young Chemist Award (EYCA), presented at the first four EuCheMS Congresses, and to highlight the great diversity of research currently being conducted by young chemists from all over the world. Nine manuscripts that highlight this diversity have been selected to feature in the cover picture. In the top row from left to right: T. Noël et al. (p. 10562 ff.), A. Mateo ‐ Alonso et al. (p. 10626 ff.), and M. Gingras, G. Bergamini et al. (p. 10661 ff.). In the middle row from left to right: D. Vione et al. (p. 10590 ff.), S. Carenco (p. 10616 ff.), and N. Cramer et al. (p. 10654 ff.). In the bottom row from left to right: H. N. Miras (p. 10554 ff.), A. Tavassoli et al. (p. 10608 ff.), and E. Coronado, G. Mínguez Espallargas et al. (p. 10695 ff.). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]