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 applications of oxidative aromatic coupling—from biphenols to nanographenes

M Grzybowski, B Sadowski… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative aromatic coupling occupies a fundamental place in the modern chemistry of
aromatic compounds. It is a method of choice for the assembly of large and bewildering …

[HTML][HTML] Production and processing of graphene and related materials

C Backes, AM Abdelkader, C Alonso… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

Efficient bottom-up synthesis of graphene quantum dots at an atomically precise level

L Shi, B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
As a new class of carbonaceous form, graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which are zero-
dimensional nanoparticles that arise from diverse carbonaceous forms, have garnered …

On-surface synthesis and characterization of 9-atom wide armchair graphene nanoribbons

L Talirz, H Söde, T Dumslaff, S Wang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up approach to synthesize graphene nanoribbons strives not only to introduce a
band gap into the electronic structure of graphene but also to accurately tune its value by …

Inducing metallicity in graphene nanoribbons via zero-mode superlattices

DJ Rizzo, G Veber, J Jiang, R McCurdy, T Cao… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The design and fabrication of robust metallic states in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are
challenging because lateral quantum confinement and many-electron interactions induce …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the graphene era

XY Wang, X Yao, K Müllen - Science China Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been the subject of interdisciplinary research
in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, and biology. Notably, PAHs have drawn …

Evolution of graphene patterning: From dimension regulation to molecular engineering

T Wei, F Hauke, A Hirsch - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The realization that nanostructured graphene featuring nanoscale width can confine
electrons to open its bandgap has aroused scientists' attention to the regulation of graphene …

Bottom-up synthesis of heteroatom-doped chiral graphene nanoribbons

XY Wang, JI Urgel, GB Barin, K Eimre… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bottom-up synthesis of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) has significantly advanced during the
past decade, providing various GNR structures with tunable properties. The synthesis of …

Solution and on-surface synthesis of structurally defined graphene nanoribbons as a new family of semiconductors

A Narita, Z Chen, Q Chen, K Müllen - Chemical science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are quasi-one-dimensional subunits of graphene and have
open bandgaps in contrast to the zero-bandgap graphene. The high potential of GNRs as a …