As cut-outs from a graphene sheet, nanographenes (NGs) and graphene nanoribbons
(GNRs) are ideal cases with which to connect the world of molecules with that of bulk carbon …

Graphene nanostructures (GNs) including graphene nanoribbons and nanoflakes have
attracted tremendous interest in the field of chemistry and materials science due to their …

Oxidative aromatic coupling occupies a fundamental place in the modern chemistry of
aromatic compounds. It is a method of choice for the assembly of large and bewildering …

The electronic and magnetic properties of nanographenes strongly depend on their size,
shape and topology. While many nanographenes present a closed-shell electronic structure …

Experimental and theoretical investigations have revealed that the chemical and physical
properties of graphene are crucially determined by their topological structures. Therefore …

Various two-dimensional (2D) carbon allotropes with nonalternant topologies, such as
pentaheptites and phagraphene, have been proposed. Predictions indicate that these …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been the subject of interdisciplinary research
in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, and biology. Notably, PAHs have drawn …

Emergence of π-magnetism in open-shell nanographenes has been theoretically predicted
decades ago but their experimental characterization was elusive due to the strong chemical …

Molecular nanocarbons containing heptagonal rings have attracted increasing interest due
to their dynamic behavior, electronic properties, aromaticity, and solid‐state packing …

Nanographenes with zigzag edges are predicted to manifest non-trivial π-magnetism
resulting from the interplay of concurrent electronic effects, such as hybridization of localized …