Nanographenes are attracting wide interest from many researchers as a powerful candidate for the next generation of carbon materials due to their unique electric properties. Scientists at ÅÝܽÊÓƵ have now developed a fast way to form nanographenes in a controlled fashion. This simple and powerful method for nanographene synthesis could help generate a range of novel optoelectronic materials, such as organic electroluminescent displays and solar cells.
press released on February 8, 2018
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A new method for nanographene synthesis by zipping up partially fused aromatics. Gray colored balls represent carbon atoms and gray colored sticks represent chemical bonds.
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Nagoya, Japan - A group of chemists of the JST-ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of ÅÝܽÊÓƵ, and their colleagues have developed a simple and powerful method to synthesize nanographenes. This new approach, recently described in the journalÌýScience, is expected to lead to significant progress in organic synthesis, materials science and catalytic chemistry......>>
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