Recent advances in heterocyclic nanographenes and other polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds

A Borissov, YK Maurya, L Moshniaha… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules
with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature …

Materials science challenges to graphene nanoribbon electronics

V Saraswat, RM Jacobberger, MS Arnold - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have recently emerged as promising candidates for channel
materials in future nanoelectronic devices due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, and …

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 of triangulene trimers via dehydration reaction

S Cheng, Z Xue, C Li, Y Liu, L **ang, Y Ke… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Triangulene and its homologues are of considerable interest for molecular spintronics due to
their high-spin ground states as well as the potential for constructing high spin frameworks …

On-surface synthesis of square-type porphyrin tetramers with central antiaromatic cyclooctatetraene moiety

EC Rascon, A Riss, A Matěj… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of two-dimensionally extended polycyclic heteroatomic molecules keeps
attracting considerable attention. In particular, frameworks bearing planar …

Selective activation of four quasi-equivalent C–H bonds yields N-doped graphene nanoribbons with partial corannulene motifs

Y Gao, L Huang, Y Cao, M Richter, J Qi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Selective C–H bond activation is one of the most challenging topics for organic reactions.
The difficulties arise not only from the high C–H bond dissociation enthalpies but also the …

On‐Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin‐Complex Multi‐Block Co‐Oligomers by Defluorinative Coupling

S Kawai, A Ishikawa, S Ishida… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
On‐surface chemical reaction has become a very powerful technique to synthesize
nanostructures by linking small molecules in the bottom‐up approach. Given the fact that …

Collective Quantum Magnetism in Nitrogen-Doped Nanographenes

G Zhu, Y Jiang, Y Wang, BX Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of quantum magnetism in nanographenes provides ample opportunities to
fabricate purely organic devices for spintronics and quantum information. Although …

On‐Surface Synthesis of [3] Radialenes via [1+ 1+ 1] Cycloaddition

DY Li, Y Wang, XY Hou, YT Ren, LX Kang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radialenes are the smallest carbocyclic structures with unusual topologies and cross‐
conjugated π‐electronic structures. Here, we report a novel [1+ 1+ 1] cycloaddition reaction …

On-surface growth of transition-metal cobalt nanoclusters using a 2D crown-ether array

TK Yamada, R Nemoto, F Nishino, T Hosokai… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced methods of producing nanometer-size transition metal clusters have enhanced
the functionality of nanoclusters (NCs), leading to single-atom catalysis, miniaturization of …