The past decade has witnessed remarkable success in the synthesis of curved polycyclic
aromatics through Scholl reactions which enable oxidative aryl–aryl coupling even in …

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 …

Oxidation-induced strategy for inert chemical bond activation through highly active radical
cation intermediate has exhibited unique reactivity. Understanding the structure and …

π-Extended helicenes constitute an important class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with
intrinsic chirality. Herein, we report the syntheses of π-extended [7] helicene 4 and π …

Bottom‐up synthesized graphene nanostructures, including 0D graphene quantum dots and
1D graphene nanoribbons, have recently emerged as promising candidates for efficient …

Chirality is one of the most intriguing concepts of chemistry, involving living systems and,
more recently, materials science. In particular, the bottom-up synthesis of molecular …

Incorporating non‐hexagonal rings into polycyclic conjugated hydrocarbons (PCHs) can
significantly affect their electronic and optoelectronic properties and chemical reactivities …

Molecular nanocarbons containing heptagonal rings have attracted increasing interest due
to their dynamic behavior, electronic properties, aromaticity, and solid‐state packing …

Chiral nanographenes with both high fluorescence quantum yields (ΦF) and large
dissymmetry factors (glum) are essential to the development of circularly polarized …

Nanographenes, or extended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, have been attracting
increasing attention owing to their widespread applications in organic electronics. However …