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 …

The creation and development of new forms of nanocarbons have fundamentally
transformed the scientific landscape in the past three decades. As new members of the …

Entangling strands in a well-ordered manner can produce useful effects, from shoelaces and
fishing nets to brown paper packages tied up with strings. At the nanoscale, non-crystalline …

Mechanical interlocking of molecules (catenation) is a nontrivial challenge in modern
synthetic chemistry and materials science,. One strategy to achieve catenation is the design …

In the literature, organic materials with both aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and
aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effects that can emit with multiple bands both in the …

Technologies for the creation of topological carbon nanostructures have greatly advanced
synthetic organic chemistry and materials science. Although simple molecular nanocarbons …

With the serendipitous discovery of crown ethers by Pedersen more than half a century ago
and the subsequent introduction of host–guest chemistry and supramolecular chemistry by …

Aromatic hydrocarbon belts (AHCBs) have fascinated scientists for over half a century
because of their aesthetically appealing structures and potential applications in the field of …

The creation and development of carbon nanomaterials promoted material science
significantly. Bottom-up synthesis has emerged as an efficient strategy to synthesize …

A cycloparaphenylene can be thought of as the shortest possible cross section of an
armchair carbon nanotube. Although envisioned decades ago, these molecules—also …