Singlet fission is a photophysical reaction in which a singlet excited electronic state splits
into two spin-triplet states. Singlet fission was discovered more than 50 years ago, but the …

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

The electronic properties of finite-sized graphene fragments are strongly dependent on their
topological structures. The existence of two or more extended zigzag edges could lead to …

Low band gap (Eg< 1.5 eV) polycyclic hydrocarbons have become one of the most important
types of materials for many applications, for example, as semiconductors in organic field …

Non‐alternant non‐benzenoid π‐conjugated polycyclic hydrocarbons (PHs) are expected to
exhibit very different electronic properties from the all‐benzenoid PHs. Herein, we report the …

Acenes, consisting of linearly fused benzene rings, are an important fundamental class of
organic compounds with various applications. Hexacene is the largest acene that was …

Acenes represent a series of molecules with intriguing physical and chemical properties for
applications in organic electronics. Nevertheless, the stability and solubility issues …

Synthesis of a carbon nanobelt (CNB) is a very challenging task in organic chemistry.
Herein, we report the successful synthesis of an octabenzo [12] cyclacene based CNB (6) …

Since the late 20th century, graphene—a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp2-bonded carbon
atoms densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice—has garnered appreciable attention …

Acenes and functionalized acenes have played a pivotal role in the development of organic
electronic materials.[1] From the first report of high-mobility organic transistors based on …