Carbon-based nanostructures as a versatile platform for tunable π-magnetism

DG de Oteyza, T Frederiksen - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Scanning probe microscopy in probing low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures and nanomaterials

C Zhang, Z Yi, W Xu - Materials Futures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon, as an indispensable chemical element on Earth, has diverse covalent bonding
ability, which enables construction of extensive pivotal carbon-based structures in multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Orbital-symmetry effects on magnetic exchange in open-shell nanographenes

Q Du, X Su, Y Liu, Y Jiang, C Li, KK Yan, R Ortiz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Portraits of soot molecules reveal pathways to large aromatics, five-/seven-membered rings, and inception through π-radical localization

LA Lieske, M Commodo, JW Martin, K Kaiser… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incipient soot early in the flame was studied by high-resolution atomic force microscopy and
scanning tunneling microscopy to resolve the atomic structure and orbital densities of single …

Nanoporous triangulene-based frameworks for the separation of petroleum hydrocarbons: Electronic, magnetic, optical, and adsorption properties

H Abdelsalam, OH Abd-Elkader… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triangulene-based nanostructures have been recently synthesized in great variety,
demonstrating exceptional physics and chemistry. Herein we investigate triangulene-based …

High-Spin S = 3/2 Ground-State Aminyl Triradicals: Toward High-Spin Oligo-Aza Nanographenes

H Zhang, M Pink, Y Wang, S Rajca… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report high-spin aminyl triradicals with near-planar triphenylene backbones. Near-
planarity of the fused aminyl radicals and the 2, 6, 10-triphenylene ferromagnetic coupling …

Tuning the diradical character of pentacene derivatives via non-benzenoid coupling motifs

T Wang, P Angulo-Portugal… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of functional organic molecules requires structures of increasing size and
complexity, which are typically obtained by the covalent coupling of smaller building blocks …

High-throughput preparation of supramolecular nanostructures on metal surfaces

J Lu, H Jiang, Y Yan, Z Zhu, F Zheng, Q Sun - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of the contemporary challenges in materials science lies in the rapid materials
screening and discovery. Experimental sample libraries can be generated by high …

Highly Selective On-Surface Ring-Opening of Aromatic Azulene Moiety

L Wang, X Peng, J Su, J Wang, A Gallardo… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controllable ring-opening of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons plays a crucial role in various
chemical and biological processes. However, breaking down aromatic covalent C–C bonds …

[HTML][HTML] Bistability between π-diradical open-shell and closed-shell states in indeno[1,2-a]fluorene

S Mishra, M Vilas-Varela, LA Lieske, R Ortiz… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Indenofluorenes are non-benzenoid conjugated hydrocarbons that have received great
interest owing to their unusual electronic structure and potential applications in nonlinear …