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 …

Small size, big impact: recent progress in bottom‐up synthesized nanographenes for optoelectronic and energy applications

Z Liu, S Fu, X Liu, A Narita, P Samorì, M Bonn… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up synthesized graphene nanostructures, including 0D graphene quantum dots and
1D graphene nanoribbons, have recently emerged as promising candidates for efficient …

Contacting individual graphene nanoribbons using carbon nanotube electrodes

J Zhang, L Qian, GB Barin, AHS Daaoub, P Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Graphene nanoribbons synthesized using bottom-up approaches can be structured with
atomic precision, allowing their physical properties to be precisely controlled. For …

Tunable topological phases in nanographene-based spin-1/2 alternating-exchange Heisenberg chains

C Zhao, G Catarina, JJ Zhang, JCG Henriques… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Unlocking the potential of topological order in many-body spin systems has been a key goal
in quantum materials research. Despite extensive efforts, the quest for a versatile platform …

Deterministic constant-depth preparation of the AKLT state on a quantum processor using fusion measurements

KC Smith, E Crane, N Wiebe, SM Girvin - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
The ground state of the spin-1 Affleck, Kennedy, Lieb, and Tasaki (AKLT) model is a
paradigmatic example of both a matrix product state and a symmetry-protected topological …

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 …

Prediction of metal-free Stoner and Mott-Hubbard magnetism in triangulene-based two-dimensional polymers

H Yu, T Heine - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism require robust long-range magnetic ordering,
which typically involves strongly interacting spins localized at transition metal atoms …

On-surface synthesis of triangulene trimers via dehydration reaction

S Cheng, Z Xue, C Li, Y Liu, L Xiang, Y Ke… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Triangulene and its homologues are of considerable interest for molecular spintronics due to
their high-spin ground states as well as the potential for constructing high spin frameworks …

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 …

Steering large magnetic exchange coupling in nanographenes near the closed-shell to open-shell transition

K Biswas, D Soler, S Mishra, Q Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The design of open-shell carbon-based nanomaterials is at the vanguard of materials
science, steered by their beneficial magnetic properties like weaker spin–orbit coupling than …