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

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 …

The chemical versatility of carbon imparts manifold properties to organic compounds, where
magnetism remains one of the most desirable but elusive. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Unlike classic spins, quantum magnets are spin systems that interact via the exchange
interaction and exhibit collective quantum behaviours, such as fractional excitations …

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is a crucial tool, through spin labelling, in
investigations of the chemical structure of materials and of the electronic structure of …

Achieving time-domain control of quantum states with atomic-scale spatial resolution in
nanostructures is a long-term goal in quantum nanoscience and spintronics. Here, we …

Open-shell nanographenes appear as promising candidates for future applications in
spintronics and quantum technologies. A critical aspect to realize this potential is to design …

Graphene can develop large magnetic moments in custom-crafted open-shell
nanostructures such as triangulene, a triangular piece of graphene with zigzag edges …

Triangular zigzag nanographenes, such as triangulene and its π‐extended homologues,
have received widespread attention as organic nanomagnets for molecular spintronics, and …

Triangulene nanographenes are open‐shell molecules with predicted high spin state due to
the frustration of their conjugated network. Their long‐sought synthesis became recently …