The Scholl reaction as a powerful tool for synthesis of curved polycyclic aromatics

Y Zhang, SH Pun, Q Miao - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Chirality pure carbon nanotubes: Growth, sorting, and characterization

F Yang, M Wang, D Zhang, J Yang, M Zheng… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been attracting tremendous attention
owing to their structure (chirality) dependent outstanding properties, which endow them with …

Chemical vapor deposition growth and applications of two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

Z Cai, B Liu, X Zou, HM Cheng - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing research interest because of the
abundant choice of materials with diverse and tunable electronic, optical, and chemical …

Graphene nanoribbons: on‐surface synthesis and integration into electronic devices

Z Chen, A Narita, K Müllen - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are quasi‐1D graphene strips, which have attracted
attention as a novel class of semiconducting materials for various applications in electronics …

Carbon nanomaterials for the treatment of heavy metal-contaminated water and environmental remediation

R Baby, B Saifullah, MZ Hussein - Nanoscale research letters, 2019 - Springer
Nanotechnology is an advanced field of science having the ability to solve the variety of
environmental challenges by controlling the size and shape of the materials at a nanoscale …

Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle

M Kim, D Goerzen, PV Jena, E Zeng… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Carbon nanotubes are a large family of carbon-based hollow cylindrical structures with
unique physicochemical properties that have motivated research for diverse applications; …

Overview of the application of inorganic nanomaterials in cancer photothermal therapy

N Fernandes, CF Rodrigues, AF Moreira… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) has captured the attention of researchers worldwide due
to its localized and trigger-activated therapeutic effect. In this field, nanomaterials capable of …

Carbon nanotube assembly and integration for applications

A Venkataraman, EV Amadi, Y Chen… - Nanoscale research …, 2019 - Springer
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted significant interest due to their unique combination
of properties including high mechanical strength, large aspect ratios, high surface area …

The added value of small-molecule chirality in technological applications

JR Brandt, F Salerno, MJ Fuchter - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Chirality is a fundamental symmetry property; chiral objects, such as chiral small molecules,
exist as a pair of non-superimposable mirror images. Although small-molecule chirality is …

Aromatic hydrocarbon belts

QH Guo, Y Qiu, MX Wang, J Fraser Stoddart - Nature chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Aromatic hydrocarbon belts (AHCBs) have fascinated scientists for over half a century
because of their aesthetically appealing structures and potential applications in the field of …