Nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons as multitalents of present and future materials science

Y Gu, Z Qiu, K Müllen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Synthetic Tailoring of graphene nanostructures with zigzag‐edged topologies: progress and perspectives

J Liu, X Feng - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental and theoretical investigations have revealed that the chemical and physical
properties of graphene are crucially determined by their topological structures. Therefore …

On-surface synthesis and characterization of [7] triangulene quantum ring

J Su, W Fan, P Mutombo, X Peng, S Song… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ability to engineer geometrically well-defined antidots in large triangulene homologues
allows for creating an entire family of triangulene quantum rings (TQRs) with tunable high …

Maßgeschneiderte Synthese von Graphennanostrukturen mit Zickzack‐Rändern

J Liu, X Feng - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Experimentelle und theoretische Studien haben die starke Abhängigkeit der physikalischen
und chemischen Eigenschaften des Graphens von seiner Topologie nachgewiesen. Daher …

Recent progress in on-surface synthesis of nanoporous graphene materials

T Qin, T Wang, J Zhu - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Nanoporous graphene (NPG) materials are generated by removing internal degree-3
vertices from graphene and introducing nanopores with specific topological structures …

Step-assisted on-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons embedded with periodic divacancies

R Yin, J Wang, ZL Qiu, J Meng, H Xu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up approach through on-surface synthesis of porous graphene nanoribbons
(GNRs) presents a controllable manner for implanting periodic nanostructures to tune the …

Planar π-extended cycloparaphenylenes featuring an all-armchair edge topology

F **ang, S Maisel, S Beniwal, V Akhmetov… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The [n] cycloparaphenylenes ([n] CPPs)—n para-linked phenylenes that form a
closed-loop—have attracted substantial attention due to their unique cyclic structure and …

Expanded kekulenes

W Fan, Y Han, X Wang, X Hou, J Wu - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of kekulene and its higher homologues is a challenging task in organic
chemistry. The first successful synthesis and characterization of the parent kekulene were …

Ultrahigh-yield on-surface synthesis and assembly of circumcoronene into a chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice

M Telychko, G Li, P Mutombo, D Soler-Polo, X Peng… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
On-surface synthesis has revealed remarkable potential in the fabrication of atomically
precise nanographenes. However, surface-assisted synthesis often involves multiple-step …

Nanographene with a Nitrogen‐Doped Cavity

FF Wang, YX Wang, Q Wu, L Chai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐doped cavities are pervasive in graphenic materials, and represent key sites for
catalytic and electrochemical activity. However, their structures are generally …