We show that the different bond orders of individual carbon-carbon bonds in polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons and fullerenes can be distinguished by noncontact atomic force …

Reactive intermediates are involved in many chemical transformations. However, their
characterization is a great challenge because of their short lifetimes and high reactivities …

Antiaromatic and open-shell molecules are attractive because of their distinct electronic and
magnetic behaviour. However, their increased reactivity creates a challenge for probing their …

The Fries rule is a simple, intuitive tool to predict the most dominant Kekulé structures of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which is valuable for understanding the structure …

Extended linear arm chair defects are intentionally fabricated in suspended monolayer
graphene using controlled focused electron beam irradiation. The atomic structure is …

Noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) with a CO-functionalized tip can image
submolecular structures through high-resolution images with the possibility of discriminating …

We report an extensive tabulation of several important topological invariants for all the
isomers of carbon (5, 6)-fullerenes Cn with n= 52–70. The topological invariants (including …

For a long time, Kekulé structures have been used to predict and rationalize the stability,
geometry, and π-electron properties of polycyclic conjugated molecules, especially …

We revisited the π‐electron ring partitions in catacondensed benzenoids and re‐examined
structural regularities reported for the ring partitions in these compounds, seeking the origin …

There are many theoretical and experimental approaches which can be used to assess the
extent of cyclic electron delocalization in polycyclic conjugated compounds. On the other …