Chemical synthesis on a gold surface (IMAGE)
Caption
a hydrogen is abstracted from saturated isopropyl groups. At 200 degrees Celsius, the carbon atoms (red and blue in the picture above) combine to form a new benzene ring. In this way, individual molecular building blocks link into a polymer chain, as is seen with the atomic force microscope (bottom).
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