Figure 1: Covalent binding of Fc-terminated OPE molecules at surfaces of different single crystalline materials.
From: Exploitation of desilylation chemistry in tailor-made functionalization on diverse surfaces

(a) Schematics of M–C covalent bond formation. (b) Molecules under study. (c) Cyclic voltammograms of 1–3 modified Au(111) surfaces in HMIm-PF6 ionic liquid with scanning rate 50 mV s−1. (d) Steady-state cyclic voltammograms of 2-modified Au(111) (d1), Pt(111) (d2), Pd(111) (d3), Rh(111) (d4), Ir(111) (d5) and HOPG (d6) in HMIm-PF6 ionic liquid with scanning rate 50 mV s−1.