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Esteki S, Farghadan R. Spin thermoelectric properties induced by hydrogen impurities in zigzag graphene nanoribbons. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:12035-12043. [PMID: 38576407 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00329b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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This study investigates the impact of hydrogen impurities on the spin-dependent thermoelectric properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) through density functional theory and the Landauer-Büttiker formula. Hydrogenation induces a net magnetism with a localized spin-dependent band around the Fermi energy in ZGNRs with different spin configurations, such as antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic states. The results reveal spin-semiconducting behavior with a tunable energy gap and fully spin-polarized states in certain energy ranges. Application of a thermal gradient induces a thermal spin current, leading to the emergence of the spin Seebeck effect (SSE). By strategically placing a single hydrogen atom in various positions within the ZGNRs, we demonstrate that the hydrogen impurity's location significantly influences the spin-dependent thermoelectric properties, offering opportunities for enhanced thermoelectric performance through engineering. The observed spin thermocurrent and SSE in different impurity locations, considering both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin configurations, highlight the potential of hydrogenated ZGNRs in spin-dependent thermoelectric devices.
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- Somaye Esteki
- Department of Physics, University of Kashan, Kashan, 87317-53153, Iran.
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E Z, Liang J, Li P, Qiang S, Fan Q. A review on photocatalytic attribution and process of pyrolytic biochar in environment. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 251:120994. [PMID: 38277825 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Biochar has attracted significant attention due to its excellent environmental benefits and extensive applications. Recently, a consensus has been accepted that biochar can act as a photocatalyst and trigger effective photocatalytic reactions in the environment, which is important to energy conversion and the cycle of elements. However, its photocatalytic processes and the corresponding environmental impacts need to receive more and due attention. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of the underlying correlations among the pyrolytic evolution of biomass, the structure characteristic of biochar, and the resultant photocatalytic performance. Moreover, the photocatalytic processes and the influence of environmental factors were elaborately investigated on biochar. Finally, future tendencies and challenges in the photocatalysis of biochar have been prospected in the environmental field. This review has offered innovative insights into the photocatalytic essential of biochar and highly enhanced the understanding of its environmental impact.
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- Zhengyang E
- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Strategic Mineral Resources of the Upper Yellow River, Ministry of Natural Resources, Lanzhou 730046, China; Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Strategic Mineral Resources of the Upper Yellow River, Ministry of Natural Resources, Lanzhou 730046, China; Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Strategic Mineral Resources of the Upper Yellow River, Ministry of Natural Resources, Lanzhou 730046, China; Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Institute of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Strategic Mineral Resources of the Upper Yellow River, Ministry of Natural Resources, Lanzhou 730046, China; Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
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Guo W, Yu L, Tang L, Wan Y, Lin Y. Recent Advances in Mechanistic Understanding of Metal-Free Carbon Thermocatalysis and Electrocatalysis with Model Molecules. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:125. [PMID: 38376726 PMCID: PMC10879078 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01262-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Metal-free carbon, as the most representative heterogeneous metal-free catalysts, have received considerable interests in electro- and thermo-catalytic reactions due to their impressive performance and sustainability. Over the past decade, well-designed carbon catalysts with tunable structures and heteroatom groups coupled with various characterization techniques have proposed numerous reaction mechanisms. However, active sites, key intermediate species, precise structure-activity relationships and dynamic evolution processes of carbon catalysts are still rife with controversies due to the monotony and limitation of used experimental methods. In this Review, we summarize the extensive efforts on model catalysts since the 2000s, particularly in the past decade, to overcome the influences of material and structure limitations in metal-free carbon catalysis. Using both nanomolecule model and bulk model, the real contribution of each alien species, defect and edge configuration to a series of fundamentally important reactions, such as thermocatalytic reactions, electrocatalytic reactions, were systematically studied. Combined with in situ techniques, isotope labeling and size control, the detailed reaction mechanisms, the precise 2D structure-activity relationships and the rate-determining steps were revealed at a molecular level. Furthermore, the outlook of model carbon catalysis has also been proposed in this work.
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- Wei Guo
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China.
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, People's Republic of China.
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Sala J, Capdevila L, Berga C, de Aquino A, Rodríguez L, Simon S, Ribas X. Luminescent Chiral Furanol-PAHs via Straightforward Ni-Catalysed C sp2 -F Functionalization: Mechanistic Insights into the Scholl Reaction. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303200. [PMID: 37903141 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Here we report the stepwise synthesis of new nanographenes (NGs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) obtained via Scholl ring fusion applied at aromatic homologation compounds, which are obtained through one-step Ni-catalysed Csp2 -F functionalization. The latter are rapidly accessed valid precursors for the Scholl reaction, and screening of experimental conditions allowed us to describe for the first time furanol-bearing PAHs. Mechanistic insights are obtained by DFT to rationalize the formation of the furanol PAHs under moderately acidic conditions. All PAHs and NGs synthesized show moderate/weak fluorescent properties, and all PAHs crystallized show some degree of curvature and are obtained as racemic mixtures. Enantiomeric separation by chiral HPLC of one furanol-bearing PAH allowed the study of their chiroptical CD properties.
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- Judith Sala
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Sun K, Li D, Kaihara T, Minakata S, Takeda Y, Kawai S. On-surface synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanographene with an [18]annulene pore on Ag(111). Commun Chem 2023; 6:228. [PMID: 37863965 PMCID: PMC10589310 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01023-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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On-surface synthesis is of importance to fabricate low dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials with atomic precision. Here, we synthesize nitrogen-doped nanographene with an [18]annulene pore and its dimer through sequential reactions of debromination, aryl-aryl coupling, cyclodehydrogenation and C-N coupling on Ag(111) from 3,12-dibromo-7,8-diaza[5]helicene. The inner structures of the products were characterized with scanning tunneling microscopy with a CO terminated tip at low temperature. Furthermore, the first four unoccupied electronic states of the nanographene were investigated with a combination of scanning tunneling spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. Except for the LUMO + 2 state observed at +1.3 V, the electronic states at 500 mV, 750 mV and 1.9 V were attributed to the superatom molecular orbitals at the [18]annulene pore, which were significantly shifted towards the Fermi level due to the hybridization with the confined surface state.
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- Kewei Sun
- International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan
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- Center for Basic Research on Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Segen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Center for Basic Research on Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Segen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan.
- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8571, Japan.
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Muro-Hidalgo JM, Bazany-Rodríguez IJ, Hernández JG, Pabello VML, Thangarasu P. Histamine Recognition by Carbon Dots from Plastic Waste and Development of Cellular Imaging: Experimental and Theoretical Studies. J Fluoresc 2023; 33:2041-2059. [PMID: 36976400 PMCID: PMC10539467 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03201-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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The present work highlights the sustainable approach for the transformation of plastic waste into fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) through carbonization and then they were functionalized with L-cysteine and o-phenylenediamine. CDs which were characterized by different analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are employed to recognize Cu2+, Fe2+, and Hg2+ ions. The results show that the fluorescence emission was considerably quenched, and it is consistent with the interference and Jobs plots. The detection limit was found to be 0.35µM for Cu(II), 1.38 µM for Hg(II), and 0.51µM Fe(III). The interaction of CDs with metal ions enhances the fluorescence intensity detecting histamine successfully. It shows that plastic waste-based CDs can be applied clinically to detect toxic metals and biomolecules. Moreover, the system was employed to develop the cellular images using Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with the support of a confocal microscope. Furthermore, theoretical studies were performed for the naphthalene layer (AR) as a model for C-dots, then optimized its structure and analyzed by using the molecular orbital. The obtained TD-DFT spectra coincided with experimental spectra for CDs/M2+/histamine systems.
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- Jessica M Muro-Hidalgo
- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, México
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- Centro Tecnológico, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES-Aragón), State of Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 57130, Aragon, México
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, México
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, México.
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Xavier NF, Payne AJR, Bauerfeldt GF, Sacchi M. Theoretical insights into the methane catalytic decomposition on graphene nanoribbons edges. Front Chem 2023; 11:1172687. [PMID: 37324559 PMCID: PMC10267404 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1172687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Catalytic methane decomposition (CMD) is receiving much attention as a promising application for hydrogen production. Due to the high energy required for breaking the C-H bonds of methane, the choice of catalyst is crucial to the viability of this process. However, atomistic insights for the CMD mechanism on carbon-based materials are still limited. Here, we investigate the viability of CMD under reaction conditions on the zigzag (12-ZGNR) and armchair (AGRN) edges of graphene nanoribbons employing dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT). First, we investigated the desorption of H and H2 at 1200 K on the passivated 12-ZGNR and 12-AGNR edges. The diffusion of hydrogen atom on the passivated edges is the rate determinant step for the most favourable H2 desorption pathway, with a activation free energy of 4.17 eV and 3.45 eV on 12-ZGNR and 12-AGNR, respectively. The most favourable H2 desorption occurs on the 12-AGNR edges with a free energy barrier of 1.56 eV, reflecting the availability of bare carbon active sites on the catalytic application. The direct dissociative chemisorption of CH4 is the preferred pathway on the non-passivated 12-ZGNR edges, with an activation free energy of 0.56 eV. We also present the reaction steps for the complete catalytic dehydrogenation of methane on 12-ZGNR and 12-AGNR edges, proposing a mechanism in which the solid carbon formed on the edges act as new active sites. The active sites on the 12-AGNR edges show more propensity to be regenerated due lower free energy barrier of 2.71 eV for the H2 desorption from the newly grown active site. Comparison is made between the results obtained here and experimental and computational data available in the literature. We provide fundamental insights for the engineering of carbon-based catalysts for the CMD, showing that the bare carbon edges of graphene nanoribbons have performance comparable to commonly used metallic and bi-metallic catalysts for methane decomposition.
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- Neubi F. Xavier
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural Do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Xu X, Muñoz-Mármol R, Vasylevskyi S, Villa A, Folpini G, Scotognella F, Maria Paternò G, Narita A. Synthesis of Bioctacene-Incorporated Nanographene with Near-Infrared Chiroptical Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218350. [PMID: 36727244 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We report the synthesis of a hexabenzoperihexacene (HBPH) with two incorporated octacene substructures, which was unambiguously characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The theoretical isomerization barrier of the (P,P)-/(P,M)-forms was estimated to be 38.4 kcal mol-1 , and resolution was achieved by chiral HPLC. Notably, the enantiomers exhibited opposite circular dichroism responses up to the near-infrared (NIR) region (830 nm) with a high gabs value of 0.017 at 616 nm. Moreover, HBPH demonstrated NIR emission with a maximum at 798 nm and an absolute PLQY of 41 %. The excited-state photophysical properties of HBPH were investigated by ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy, revealing an intriguing feature that was attributed to the rotational and/or conformational dynamics of HBPH after excitation. These results provide new insight into the design of chiral nanographene with NIR optical properties for potential chiroptical applications.
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- Xiushang Xu
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Engineering Section, Research Support Division, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy.,Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.,Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Ghanam J, Chetty VK, Zhu X, Liu X, Gelléri M, Barthel L, Reinhardt D, Cremer C, Thakur BK. Single Molecule Localization Microscopy for Studying Small Extracellular Vesicles. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205030. [PMID: 36635058 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are 30-200 nm nanovesicles enriched with unique cargoes of nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins. sEVs are released by all cell types and have emerged as a critical mediator of cell-to-cell communication. Although many studies have dealt with the role of sEVs in health and disease, the exact mechanism of sEVs biogenesis and uptake remain unexplored due to the lack of suitable imaging technologies. For sEVs functional studies, imaging has long relied on conventional fluorescence microscopy that has only 200-300 nm resolution, thereby generating blurred images. To break this resolution limit, recent developments in super-resolution microscopy techniques, specifically single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM), expanded the understanding of subcellular details at the few nanometer level. SMLM success relies on the use of appropriate fluorophores with excellent blinking properties. In this review, the basic principle of SMLM is highlighted and the state of the art of SMLM use in sEV biology is summarized. Next, how SMLM techniques implemented for cell imaging can be translated to sEV imaging is discussed by applying different labeling strategies to study sEV biogenesis and their biomolecular interaction with the distant recipient cells.
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- Jamal Ghanam
- Department of Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Center for Translational Neuro and Behavioral Sciences, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
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Izquierdo-García P, Fernández-García JM, Perles J, Fernández I, Martín N. Electronic Control of the Scholl Reaction: Selective Synthesis of Spiro vs Helical Nanographenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215655. [PMID: 36495528 PMCID: PMC10107473 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Scholl oxidation has become an essential reaction in the bottom-up synthesis of molecular nanographenes. Herein, we describe a Scholl reaction controlled by the electronic effects on the starting substrate (1 a, b). Anthracene-based polyphenylenes lead to spironanographenes under Scholl conditions. In contrast, an electron-deficient anthracene substrate affords a helically arranged molecular nanographene formed by two orthogonal dibenzo[fg,ij]phenanthro-[9,10,1,2,3-pqrst]pentaphene (DBPP) moieties linked through an octafluoroanthracene core. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations predict that electronic effects control either the first formation of spirocycles and subsequent Scholl reaction to form spironanographene 2, or the expected dehydrogenation reaction leading solely to the helical nanographene 3. The crystal structures of four of the new spiro compounds (syn 2, syn 9, anti 9 and syn 10) were solved by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The photophysical properties of the new molecular nanographene 3 reveal a remarkable dual fluorescent emission.
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- Patricia Izquierdo-García
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avd. de la Complutense, S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avd. de la Complutense, S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Difracción de Rayos X de Monocristal, SIdI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7 Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avd. de la Complutense, S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avd. de la Complutense, S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain.,IMDEA-Nanociencia, C/Faraday, 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Luo T, Wang Y, Hao J, Chen PA, Hu Y, Chen B, Zhang J, Yang K, Zeng Z. Furan-Extended Helical Rylenes with Fjord Edge Topology and Tunable Optoelectronic Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202214653. [PMID: 36470852 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lateral furan-expansion of polycyclic aromatics, which enables multiple O-doping and peripheral edge evolution of rylenes, is developed for the first time. Tetrafuranylperylene TPF-4CN and octafuranylquaterrylene OFQ-8CN were prepared as model compounds bearing unique fjord edge topology and helical conformations. Compared to TPF-4CN, the higher congener OFQ-8CN displays a largely red-shifted (≈333 nm) and intensified absorption band (λmax =829 nm) as well as a narrowed electrochemical band gap (≈1.08 eV) due to its pronounced π-delocalization and emerging of open-shell diradicaloid upon the increase of fjord edge length. Moreover, strong circular dichroism signals in a broad range until 900 nm are observed for open-shell chiral OFQ-8CN, owing to the excellent conformational stability of its central bis(tetraoxa[5]helicene) fragments. Our studies provide insights into the relationships between edge topologies and (chir)optoelectronic properties for this novel type of O-doped PAHs.
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- Teng Luo
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, 230039, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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Gong Z, Xiang Q, Li K, Xu Z, Hu J, Ni Y, Sato S, Sun Z. Pentagon‐Containing
Doublet Graphene Fragments with
Edge‐Dependent
Spin/Charge Distribution. CHINESE J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202200344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zongcheng Gong
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Integrated Molecular Structure Analysis Laboratory, Social Cooperation Program, The University of Tokyo
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Department of Chemistry Tianjin university 92 Weijin Road Tianjin 300072 China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations Tianjin 300192 China
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Biswas K, Urgel JI, Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Sánchez-Grande A, Edalatmanesh S, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Jelínek P, Feng X, Écija D. Synthesis and Characterization of peri-Heptacene on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114983. [PMID: 35170842 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The synthesis of long n-peri-acenes (n-PAs) is challenging as a result of their inherent open-shell radical character, which arises from the presence of parallel zigzag edges beyond a certain n value. They are considered as π-electron model systems to study magnetism in graphene nanostructures; being potential candidates in the fabrication of optoelectronic and spintronic devices. Here, we report the on-surface formation of the largest pristine member of the n-PA family, i.e. peri-heptacene (n=7, 7-PA), obtained on an Au(111) substrate under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Our high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy investigations, complemented by theoretical simulations, provide insight into the chemical structure of this previously elusive compound. In addition, scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals the antiferromagnetic open-shell singlet ground state of 7-PA, exhibiting singlet-triplet spin-flip inelastic excitations with an effective exchange coupling (Jeff ) of 49 meV.
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic.,Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, 16253, Praha, Czech Republic.,Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Huang Y, Huang T, Zhang J, Luo T, Ni Y, Li B, Xie S, Zeng Z. Perylene‐Based Linear Nonalternant Nanoribbons with Bright Emission and Ambipolar Redox Behavior. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200855. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yanpei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering Anhui Jianzhu University Hefei 230039 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang 330063 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University Shenzhen 518000 P. R. China
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Radinger H, Trouillet V, Bauer F, Scheiba F. Work Function Describes the Electrocatalytic Activity of Graphite for Vanadium Oxidation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hannes Radinger
- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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Biswas K, Urgel JI, Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Sánchez‐Grande A, Edalatmanesh S, Lauwaet K, Mutombo P, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Jelínek P, Feng X, Écija D. Synthesis and Characterization of
peri
‐Heptacene on a Metallic Surface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC 28049 Madrid Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science 16253 Praha Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Palacký University Olomouc 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technical University of Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
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- IMDEA Nanoscience C/ Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Pizzochero M, Kaxiras E. Hydrogen Atoms on Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons: Chemistry and Magnetism Meet at the Edge. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:1922-1928. [PMID: 35167308 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Although the unconventional π-magnetism at the zigzag edges of graphene holds promise for a wide array of applications, whether and to what degree it plays a role in their chemistry remains poorly understood. Here, we investigate the addition of a hydrogen atom─the simplest yet the most experimentally relevant adsorbate─to zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs). We show that the π-magnetism governs the chemistry of ZGNRs, giving rise to a site-dependent reactivity of the carbon atoms and driving the hydrogenation process to the nanoribbon edges. Conversely, the chemisorbed hydrogen atom governs the π-magnetism of ZGNRs, acting as a spin-1/2 paramagnetic center in the otherwise antiferromagnetic ground state and spin-polarizing the charge carriers at the band extrema. Our findings establish a comprehensive picture of the peculiar interplay between chemistry and magnetism that emerges at the zigzag edges of graphene.
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- Michele Pizzochero
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Wang Y, Huang Y, Huang T, Zhang J, Luo T, Ni Y, Li B, Xie S, Zeng Z. Perylene‐Based Linear Nonalternant Nanoribbons with Bright Emission and Ambipolar Redox Behavior. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yanpei Wang
- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Anhui Jianzhu University School of Materials and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- National University of Singapore Department of Chemistry SINGAPORE
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Hunan University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics,College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China 410082 Changsha CHINA
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Zank S, Fernández‐García JM, Stasyuk AJ, Voityuk AA, Krug M, Solà M, Guldi DM, Martín N. Initiating Electron Transfer in Doubly Curved Nanographene Upon Supramolecular Complexation of C 60. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202112834. [PMID: 34633126 PMCID: PMC9303211 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The formation of supramolecular complexes between C60 and a molecular nanographene endowed with both positive and negative curvatures is described. The presence of a corannulene moiety and the saddle shape of the molecular nanographene allows the formation of complexes with 1:1, 1:2, and 2:1 stoichiometries. The association constants for the three possible supramolecular complexes were determined by 1 H NMR titration. Furthermore, the stability of the three complexes was calculated by theoretical methods that also predict the photoinduced electron transfer from the curved nanographene to the electron acceptor C60 . Time-resolved transient absorption measurements on the ns-time scale showed that the addition of C60 to NG-1 solutions and photo-exciting them at 460 nm leads to the solvent-dependent formation of new species, in particular the formation of the one-electron reduced form of C60 in benzonitrile was observed.
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- Simon Zank
- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyFriedrich-Alexander-UniversitätEgerlandstrasse 391058ErlangenGermany
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica IFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense de MadridAvd. de la Complutense, S/N28040MadridSpain
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaC/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaSpain
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaC/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaSpain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA)08010BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyFriedrich-Alexander-UniversitätEgerlandstrasse 391058ErlangenGermany
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaC/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaSpain
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- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyFriedrich-Alexander-UniversitätEgerlandstrasse 391058ErlangenGermany
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica IFacultad de Ciencias QuímicasUniversidad Complutense de MadridAvd. de la Complutense, S/N28040MadridSpain
- IMDEA-NanocienciaC/ Faraday, 9, Campus de Cantoblanco28049MadridSpain
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Choutipalli VSK, Esackraj K, Subramanian V. Nitrogen Fixation at the Edges of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials: Synergy of Doping. Front Chem 2022; 9:799903. [PMID: 35127647 PMCID: PMC8814371 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.799903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Synthesis of ammonia at ambient conditions is very demanding yet challenging to achieve due to the production of ammonia fuel, which is considered to be a future fuel for sustainable energy. In this context, computational studies on the catalytic activity of the edge sites of boron nitride nanomaterials for possible nitrogen reduction into ammonia have been investigated. Geometrical and electronic properties of zigzag and armchair B-open edges of BN sheet (BOE) models have been unraveled to substantiate their catalytic nature. Results reveal that BOE sites exhibit very high potential determining steps (PDS) of 2.0 eV. Doping of carbon (C) at the nitrogen center, which is vicinal to the BOE site reduces the PDS of the N2 reduction reaction (NRR) (to 1.18–1.33 eV) due to the regulation of charge distribution around the active BOE site. Further, the NRR at the C doped at various edge sites of a boron nitride sheet (BNS) has also been studied in detail. Among the 12 new C-doped defective BNS models, 9 model catalysts are useful for nitrogen activation through either chemisorption or physisorption. Among these, ZCN, ACN, and ZCBV models are efficient in catalyzing NRR with lower PDS of 0.86, 0.88, and 0.86 eV, respectively. The effect of carbon doping in tuning the potential requirements of NRR has been analyzed by comparing the relative stability of intermediates on the catalyst with and without carbon doping. Results reveal that C-doping destabilizes the intermediates compared to non-doped systems, thereby reducing the possibility of catalyst poisoning. However, their interactions with catalysts are good enough so that the NRR activity of the catalyst does not decrease due to C-doping.
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- Venkata Surya Kumar Choutipalli
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Centre for High Computing, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Centre for High Computing, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Centre for High Computing, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
- *Correspondence: Venkatesan Subramanian, ,
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Biswas K, Yang L, Ma J, Sánchez-Grande A, Chen Q, Lauwaet K, Gallego JM, Miranda R, Écija D, Jelínek P, Feng X, Urgel JI. Defect-Induced π-Magnetism into Non-Benzenoid Nanographenes. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:224. [PMID: 35055243 PMCID: PMC8780648 DOI: 10.3390/nano12020224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The synthesis of nanographenes (NGs) with open-shell ground states have recently attained increasing attention in view of their interesting physicochemical properties and great prospects in manifold applications as suitable materials within the rising field of carbon-based magnetism. A potential route to induce magnetism in NGs is the introduction of structural defects, for instance non-benzenoid rings, in their honeycomb lattice. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of three open-shell non-benzenoid NGs (A1, A2 and A3) on the Au(111) surface. A1 and A2 contain two five- and one seven-membered rings within their benzenoid backbone, while A3 incorporates one five-membered ring. Their structures and electronic properties have been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy, noncontact atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy complemented with theoretical calculations. Our results provide access to open-shell NGs with a combination of non-benzenoid topologies previously precluded by conventional synthetic procedures.
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- Kalyan Biswas
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic;
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, CZ-16253 Praha, Czech Republic;
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advancing Electronics, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; (L.Y.); (X.F.)
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (K.B.); (A.S.-G.); (K.L.); (R.M.)
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He JJ, Guo FW, Ni HM, Yuan JR, Cui WD, Lu TY, Guo YD, Yan XH. Electrically modulated reversible dual-spin filter in zigzag β-SiC 7 nanoribbons. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:25656-25662. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03379h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
The introduced gate voltage allows β-SiC7 nanoribbons to behave as an excellent electrically modulated reversible dual spin filter with surprisingly accurate control of spin polarization.
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- Jing-Jing He
- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210027, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210027, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210027, China
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- School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210027, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210027, China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Zank S, Fernández‐García JM, Stasyuk AJ, Voityuk AA, Krug M, Solà M, Guldi DM, Martín N. Initiating Electron Transfer in Doubly Curved Nanographene Upon Supramolecular Complexation of C
60. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Simon Zank
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Avd. de la Complutense, S/N 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA) 08010 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Institut de Química Computacional and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Avd. de la Complutense, S/N 28040 Madrid Spain
- IMDEA-Nanociencia C/ Faraday, 9, Campus de Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Alekseyev NI, Khmelnitskiy IK, Aivazyan VM, Broyko AP, Korlyakov AV, Luchinin VV. Ionic EAP Actuators with Electrodes Based on Carbon Nanomaterials. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13234137. [PMID: 34883640 PMCID: PMC8659251 DOI: 10.3390/polym13234137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Flexible polymer-based actuators, often also called artificial muscles, are an essential part of biomimetic systems that mimic the movement principles of animal world creatures. The most used electrode material to force the actuator move is an ensemble of noble metal nanoparticles in the electroactive polymer surface. Noble metal electrodes have enough electrical conductivity and elasticity and are not subjected to oxidation. However, high cost of such electrodes and their tendency to cracking dictate the need for searching other materials, primarily carbon ones. The review considers several options for this search. For example, carbon nanotubes and graphene have excellent properties at the level of a single individually taken nanotube or graphene sheet. However, conservation of these properties in structurally imperfect film electrodes requires a separate study. In addition, there are problems of compatibility of such electrodes with the polymers that requires cumbersome technologies, e.g., hot pressing, which complicates the production of the actuator as a whole. The review concerns the technology options of manufacturing actuators and the results obtained on their basis, both including hot pressing and avoiding this procedure. In particular, the required level of the graphene oxide reduction in hydrazine provides sufficient adhesion at rather high electrical conductivity of the graphene film. The ability to simultaneous achieving these properties is a nontrivial result, providing the same level of actuation as with expensive noble metal electrodes. Actuators that additionally require greater lifetime resource should be obtained in other ways. Among them are using the graphdiyne electrodes and laser processing of the graphene electrodes.
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Tao J, Feng S, Liu B, Pan J, Li C, Zheng Y. Hyaluronic acid conjugated nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for identification of human breast cancer cells. Biomed Mater 2021; 16. [PMID: 34157704 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ac0d93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Accurate distinguish of cancer cells through fluorescence plays an important role in cancer diagnosis. Here we synthesized a blue fluorescent nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) from citric acid and diethylamine via one-step hydrothermal synthesis method which was simple and quick to avoid by-products, and highlighted the binding sites to achieve precise combination. Due to the nitrogen element doping, amide II bond was amply obtained and abundant binding sites were provided for hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugation. N-GQDs solution with different pH value was then conjugated to HA via an amide bond for the recognition of human breast cancer cells (MCF-7 cells), and the formation of amide bond was more favorable under alkaline conditions. HA conjugated N-GQDs (HA-N-GQDs) were combined with CD44 which was over expressed on the surface of MCF-7 cells, resulting in MCF-7 cells performing stronger fluorescence. HA-N-GQDs showed high fluorescence, low toxicity, and good cytocompatibility, which held it play a role in fluorescence imaging for accurate identification of cancer cells.
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- Junting Tao
- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, and Key Laboratory of ATMMT Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People's Republic of China
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Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Lucotti A, Schellhammer KS, Serra G, Dmitrieva E, Rosenkranz M, Komber H, Liu J, Ortmann F, Tommasini M, Feng X. Persistent peri-Heptacene: Synthesis and In Situ Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13853-13858. [PMID: 33848044 PMCID: PMC8251907 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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n‐peri‐Acenes (n‐PAs) have gained interest as model systems of zigzag‐edged graphene nanoribbons for potential applications in nanoelectronics and spintronics. However, the synthesis of n‐PAs larger than peri‐tetracene remains challenging because of their intrinsic open‐shell character and high reactivity. Presented here is the synthesis of a hitherto unknown n‐PA, that is, peri‐heptacene (7‐PA), in which the reactive zigzag edges are kinetically protected with eight 4‐tBu‐C6H4 groups. The formation of 7‐PA is validated by high‐resolution mass spectrometry and in situ FT‐Raman spectroscopy. 7‐PA displays a narrow optical energy gap of 1.01 eV and exhibits persistent stability (t1/2≈25 min) under inert conditions. Moreover, electron‐spin resonance measurements and theoretical studies reveal that 7‐PA exhibits an open‐shell feature and a significant tetraradical character. This strategy could be considered a modular approach for the construction of next‐generation (3 N+1)‐PAs (where N≥3).
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- M R Ajayakumar
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 4, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 4, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 18, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Center of Spectroelectrochemistry, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Center of Spectroelectrochemistry, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut for Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 4, 01062, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, 999077, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 18, 01069, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85748, Garching b. München, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 4, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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Ajayakumar MR, Ma J, Lucotti A, Schellhammer KS, Serra G, Dmitrieva E, Rosenkranz M, Komber H, Liu J, Ortmann F, Tommasini M, Feng X. Persistent
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‐Heptacene: Synthesis and In Situ Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- M. R. Ajayakumar
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstrasse 4 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstrasse 4 01062 Dresden Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta” Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano Italy
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden Technische Universität Dresden Helmholtzstraße 18 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta” Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano Italy
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- Center of Spectroelectrochemistry Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Center of Spectroelectrochemistry Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Helmholtzstraße 20 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut for Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstrasse 4 01062 Dresden Germany
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road 999077 Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden Technische Universität Dresden Helmholtzstraße 18 01069 Dresden Germany
- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstr. 4 85748 Garching b. München Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta” Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano Italy
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstrasse 4 01062 Dresden Germany
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Su J, Fan W, Mutombo P, Peng X, Song S, Ondráček M, Golub P, Brabec J, Veis L, Telychko M, Jelínek P, Wu J, Lu J. On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of [7]Triangulene Quantum Ring. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:861-867. [PMID: 33305570 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ability to engineer geometrically well-defined antidots in large triangulene homologues allows for creating an entire family of triangulene quantum rings (TQRs) with tunable high-spin ground state, crucial for next-generation molecular spintronic devices. Herein, we report the synthesis of an open-shell [7]triangulene quantum ring ([7]TQR) molecule on Au(111) through the surface-assisted cyclodehydrogenation of a rationally designed kekulene derivative. Bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (BR-STM) unambiguously imaged the molecular backbone of a single [7]TQR with a triangular zigzag edge topology, which can be viewed as [7]triangulene decorated with a coronene-like antidot in the center. Additionally, dI/dV mapping reveals that both inner and outer zigzag edges contribute to the edge-localized and spin-polarized electronic states of [7]TQR. Both experimental results and spin-polarized density functional theory calculations indicate that [7]TQR retains its open-shell septuple ground state (S = 3) on Au(111). This work demonstrates a new route for the design of high-spin graphene quantum rings for future quantum devices.
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- Jie Su
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 16200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 16200, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 16200, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University, Olomouc 78371, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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Telychko M, Li G, Mutombo P, Soler-Polo D, Peng X, Su J, Song S, Koh MJ, Edmonds M, Jelínek P, Wu J, Lu J. Ultrahigh-yield on-surface synthesis and assembly of circumcoronene into a chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/3/eabf0269. [PMID: 33523911 PMCID: PMC7810380 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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On-surface synthesis has revealed remarkable potential in the fabrication of atomically precise nanographenes. However, surface-assisted synthesis often involves multiple-step cascade reactions with competing pathways, leading to a limited yield of target nanographene products. Here, we devise a strategy for the ultrahigh-yield synthesis of circumcoronene molecules on Cu(111) via surface-assisted intramolecular dehydrogenation of the rationally designed precursor, followed by methyl radical-radical coupling and aromatization. An elegant electrostatic interaction between circumcoronenes and metallic surface drives their self-organization into an extended superlattice, as revealed by bond-resolved scanning probe microscopy measurements. Density functional theory and tight-binding calculations reveal that unique hexagonal zigzag topology of circumcoronenes, along with their periodic electrostatic landscape, confines two-dimensional electron gas in Cu(111) into a chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice with two emergent electronic flat bands. Our findings open up a new route for the high-yield fabrication of elusive nanographenes with zigzag topologies and their superlattices with possible nontrivial electronic properties.
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- Mykola Telychko
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Petrochemistry and Refining, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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Liu J, Feng X. Maßgeschneiderte Synthese von Graphennanostrukturen mit Zickzack‐Rändern. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Junzhi Liu
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), und Fakultät für Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie Technische Universität Dresden 01062 Dresden Deutschland
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), und Fakultät für Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie Technische Universität Dresden 01062 Dresden Deutschland
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Liu J, Feng X. Synthetic Tailoring of Graphene Nanostructures with Zigzag-Edged Topologies: Progress and Perspectives. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23386-23401. [PMID: 32720441 PMCID: PMC7756885 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Experimental and theoretical investigations have revealed that the chemical and physical properties of graphene are crucially determined by their topological structures. Therefore, the atomically precise synthesis of graphene nanostructures is essential. A particular example is graphene nanostructures with zigzag-edged structures, which exhibit unique (opto)electronic and magnetic properties owing to their spin-polarized edge state. Recent progress in the development of synthetic methods and strategies as well as characterization methods has given access to this class of unprecedented graphene nanostructures, which used to be purely molecular objectives in theoretical chemistry. Thus, clear insight into the structure-property relationships has become possible as well as new applications in organic carbon-based electronic and spintronic devices. In this Minireview, we discuss the recent progress in the controlled synthesis of zigzag-edged graphene nanostructures with different topologies through a bottom-up synthetic strategy.
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- Junzhi Liu
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.,Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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Lohr TG, Urgel JI, Eimre K, Liu J, Di Giovannantonio M, Mishra S, Berger R, Ruffieux P, Pignedoli CA, Fasel R, Feng X. On-Surface Synthesis of Non-Benzenoid Nanographenes by Oxidative Ring-Closure and Ring-Rearrangement Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13565-13572. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Thorsten G. Lohr
- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Center for Advancing Electronics and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Su J, Telychko M, Song S, Lu J. Triangulenes: From Precursor Design to On‐Surface Synthesis and Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7658-7668. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jie Su
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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Su J, Telychko M, Song S, Lu J. Triangulenes: From Precursor Design to On‐Surface Synthesis and Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jie Su
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) National University of Singapore 6 Science Drive 2 Singapore 117546 Singapore
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Urieta-Mora J, Krug M, Alex W, Perles J, Fernández I, Molina-Ontoria A, Guldi DM, Martín N. Homo and Hetero Molecular 3D Nanographenes Employing a Cyclooctatetraene Scaffold. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 142:4162-4172. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Javier Urieta-Mora
- Departamento Química Orgánica, Facultad C. C. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- IMDEA-Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Laboratory, Interdepartmental Research Service (SIdI), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Química Orgánica, Facultad C. C. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- IMDEA-Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Departamento Química Orgánica, Facultad C. C. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- IMDEA-Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Zhong Q, Hu Y, Niu K, Zhang H, Yang B, Ebeling D, Tschakert J, Cheng T, Schirmeisen A, Narita A, Müllen K, Chi L. Benzo-Fused Periacenes or Double Helicenes? Different Cyclodehydrogenation Pathways on Surface and in Solution. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:7399-7406. [PMID: 31016976 PMCID: PMC6727374 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Controlling the regioselectivity of C-H activation in unimolecular reactions is of great significance for the rational synthesis of functional graphene nanostructures, which are called nanographenes. Here, we demonstrate that the adsorption of tetranaphthyl- p-terphenyl precursors on metal surfaces can completely change the cyclodehydrogenation route and lead to obtaining planar benzo-fused perihexacenes rather than double [7]helicenes during solution synthesis. The course of the on-surface planarization reactions is monitored using scanning probe microscopy, which unambiguously reveals the formation of dibenzoperihexacenes and the structures of reaction intermediates. The regioselective planarization can be attributed to the flattened adsorption geometries and the reduced flexibility of the precursors on the surfaces, in addition to the different mechanism of the on-surface cyclodehydrogenation from that of the solution counterpart. We have further achieved the on-surface synthesis of dibenzoperioctacene by employing a tetra-anthryl- p-terphenyl precursor. The energy gaps of the new nanographenes are measured to be approximately 2.1 eV (dibenzoperihexacene) and 1.3 eV (dibenzoperioctacene) on a Au(111) surface. Our findings shed new light on the regioselectivity in cyclodehydrogenation reactions, which will be important for exploring the synthesis of unprecedented nanographenes.
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- Qigang Zhong
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China.,Institute of Applied Physics , Justus-Liebig University , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16 , 35392 Giessen , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany.,Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha , Hunan 410083 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Justus-Liebig University , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16 , 35392 Giessen , Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Justus-Liebig University , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16 , 35392 Giessen , Germany
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Institute of Applied Physics , Justus-Liebig University , Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16 , 35392 Giessen , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany.,Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit , Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University , Okinawa 904-0495 , Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , Duesbergweg 10-14 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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Ji Z, Dervishi E, Doorn SK, Sykora M. Size-Dependent Electronic Properties of Uniform Ensembles of Strongly Confined Graphene Quantum Dots. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:953-959. [PMID: 30764609 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The electronic structure of a series of bottom-up synthesized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) smaller than 2 nm was investigated by spectroelectrochemistry, yielding insights not previously available from ensemble-level studies. The results show that for the strongly confined GQDs the dependence of the band gap on the GQD size deviates from the prediction of the standard Dirac Fermion model but agrees well with the models explicitly accounting for the electron-electron and electron-hole interactions. The HOMO/LUMO energy levels are found to be distributed nearly symmetrically around the 0 V value versus normal hydrogen electrode (NHE), becoming more positive/negative, respectively, with increasing GQD size. The exciton binding energies are found to follow power dependence on the number of carbon atoms per GQD, with the experimental values falling within the range of ∼0.1 to ∼0.6 eV. Given the broad accessibility of the described experimental tools and methods, our work opens a path to a more systematic examination of quantum confinement effects in GQDs.
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- Zhiqiang Ji
- Chemistry Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Chemistry Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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Zuo Z, Wang D, Zhang J, Lu F, Li Y. Synthesis and Applications of Graphdiyne-Based Metal-Free Catalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1803762. [PMID: 30259581 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201803762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The development of carbon materials offers the hope for obtaining inexpensive and high-performance alternatives to substitute noble-metal catalysts for their sustainable application. Graphdiyne, the rising-star carbon allotrope, is a big family with many members, and first realized the coexistence of sp- and sp2 -hybridized carbon atoms in a 2D planar structure. Different from the prevailing carbon materials, its nonuniform distribution in the electronic structure and wide tunability in bandgap show many possibilities and special inspirations to construct new-concept metal-free catalysts, and provide many opportunities for achieving a catalytic activity comparable with that of noble-metal catalysts. Herein, the recent progress in synthetic methodologies, theoretical predictions, and experimental investigations of graphdiyne for metal-free catalysts is systematically summarized. Some new perspectives of the opportunities and challenges in developing high-performance graphdiyne-based metal-free catalysts are demonstrated.
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- Zicheng Zuo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials, Shantou University, Guangdong, 515063, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Medina Rivero S, Canola S, Zeng W, Ramírez FJ, Zafra JL, Wu J, Negri F, Casado J. Long rylene nanoribbons express polyacetylene-like signatures at their edges. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:7281-7287. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00679f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy shows the transformation of the electronic shapes of oligorylenes from short oligorylenes with overall aromatic structures into long ones bearing cis-polyacetylenic forms at the armchair edges and diradicaloid/multiradical shapes in the zig-zag parts.
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- Samara Medina Rivero
- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Málaga
- Campus de Teatinos s/n
- Málaga 29071
- Spain
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- Università di Bologna
- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘G. Ciamician’
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
- INSTM
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Málaga
- Campus de Teatinos s/n
- Málaga 29071
- Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Málaga
- Campus de Teatinos s/n
- Málaga 29071
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore
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- Università di Bologna
- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘G. Ciamician’
- 40126 Bologna
- Italy
- INSTM
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Málaga
- Campus de Teatinos s/n
- Málaga 29071
- Spain
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Iwane M, Tada T, Osuga T, Murase T, Fujita M, Nishino T, Kiguchi M, Fujii S. Controlling stacking order and charge transport in π-stacks of aromatic molecules based on surface assembly. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:12443-12446. [PMID: 30280176 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06430j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Here, we report a facile procedure based on surface self-assembly for controlling the π-π stacking order and relevant rectified charge transport properties in stacks of aromatic molecules on a single-molecule scale. A high rectification ratio of 10 was achieved and the rectification direction was uniquely determined by the controlled stacking order of the aromatic molecules on the graphene layers of HOPG.
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- Madoka Iwane
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Tech., 2-12-1 W4-10 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8511, Japan.
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Yeh CN, Wu C, Su H, Chai JD. Electronic properties of the coronene series from thermally-assisted-occupation density functional theory. RSC Adv 2018; 8:34350-34358. [PMID: 35548596 PMCID: PMC9087050 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01336e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To fully utilize the great potential of graphene in electronics, a comprehensive understanding of the electronic properties of finite-size graphene flakes is essential. While the coronene series with n fused benzene rings at each side (designated as n-coronenes) are possible structures for opening a band gap in graphene, their electronic properties are not yet fully understood. Nevertheless, because of their radical character, it remains very difficult to reliably predict the electronic properties of the larger n-coronenes with conventional computational approaches. In order to circumvent this, the various electronic properties of n-coronenes (n = 2-11) are investigated using thermally-assisted-occupation density functional theory (TAO-DFT) [J.-D. Chai, J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 136, 154104], a very efficient electronic structure method for studying nanoscale systems with strong static correlation effects. The ground states of the larger n-coronenes are shown to be polyradical singlets, where the active orbitals are mainly localized at the zigzag edges.
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- Chia-Nan Yeh
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Republic of Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Republic of Singapore
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong China
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
- Center for Theoretical Physics, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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Macedo LJA, Iost RM, Hassan A, Balasubramanian K, Crespilho FN. Bioelectronics and Interfaces Using Monolayer Graphene. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201800934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Lucyano J. A. Macedo
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry; University of São Paulo; São Carlos SP 13560-970 Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) and IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Berlin 10099 Germany
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry; University of São Paulo; São Carlos SP 13560-970 Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) and IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Berlin 10099 Germany
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry; University of São Paulo; São Carlos SP 13560-970 Brazil
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Chen Q, Brambilla L, Daukiya L, Mali KS, De Feyter S, Tommasini M, Müllen K, Narita A. Synthesis of Triply Fused Porphyrin-Nanographene Conjugates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Qiang Chen
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 Milano Italy
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- KU Leuven; Department of Chemistry; Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics; Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- KU Leuven; Department of Chemistry; Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics; Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- KU Leuven; Department of Chemistry; Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics; Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 Milano Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Ackermannweg 10 55128 Mainz Germany
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Chen Q, Brambilla L, Daukiya L, Mali KS, De Feyter S, Tommasini M, Müllen K, Narita A. Synthesis of Triply Fused Porphyrin-Nanographene Conjugates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11233-11237. [PMID: 29984483 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Two unprecedented porphyrin fused nanographene molecules, 1 and 2, have been synthesized by the Scholl reaction from tailor-made precursors based on benzo[m]tetraphene-substituted porphyrins. The chemical structures were validated by a combination of high-resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HR MALDI-TOF MS), IR and Raman spectroscopy, and scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). The UV-vis-near infrared absorption spectroscopy of 1 and 2 demonstrated broad and largely red-shifted absorption spectra extending up to 1000 and 1400 nm, respectively, marking the significant extension of the π-conjugated systems.
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- Qiang Chen
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Tamburri E, Carcione R, Politi S, Angjellari M, Lazzarini L, Vanzetti LE, Macis S, Pepponi G, Terranova ML. Shungite Carbon as Unexpected Natural Source of Few-Layer Graphene Platelets in a Low Oxidation State. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:8487-8498. [PMID: 29969022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The paper reports on the feasibility of obtaining graphene nanomaterials with remarkable structural and chemical features from shungite rocks. The investigation of the composition and structural modifications induced in the pristine, natural C-containing mineraloid by a specifically designed physicochemical purification treatment is performed by a combined use of several techniques (scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies). The adopted material processing enables efficient extraction of the C phase in the form of thin polycrystalline platelets of a few hundred nanometers sizes, and formed by 6-10 graphene sheets. About 80% of such nanostructures are characterized by a regular sp2 C honeycomb lattice and an ordered stacking of graphene layers with a d-spacing of ∼0.34 nm. The low oxygen content (∼5%), mainly found in the form of hydroxyl functional groups, provides the graphene platelets (GP) with a chemistry strictly close to that of conventional rGO materials. Such a feature is supported by the high conductivity value of 1.041 × 103 S cm-1 found for pelletized GP, which can be considered a valuable active material for a wide spectrum of advanced applications.
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- IMEM-CNR , Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, Località Fontanini , Parma , Italy
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- MNF, CMM, Fondazione Bruno Kessler , via Sommarive 18 , Trento , Italy
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Dai Y, Liu Y, Ding K, Yang J. A short review of nanographenes: structures, properties and applications. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1433881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Yafei Dai
- School of Physics Science & Technology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Physics Science & Technology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Physics Science & Technology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory For Physical Sciences At Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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Zuzak R, Castro-Esteban J, Brandimarte P, Engelund M, Cobas A, Piątkowski P, Kolmer M, Pérez D, Guitián E, Szymonski M, Sánchez-Portal D, Godlewski S, Peña D. Building a 22-ring nanographene by combining in-solution and on-surface syntheses. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:10256-10259. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05353g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A nanographene formed by the fusion of 22 benzene rings has been prepared by combining in-solution cycloaddition reactions and on-surface cyclodehydrogenations.
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Srivastava R. Theoretical studies of optoelectronic, magnetization and heat transport properties of conductive metal adatoms adsorbed on edge chlorinated nanographenes. RSC Adv 2018; 8:17723-17731. [PMID: 35542078 PMCID: PMC9080487 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra02032a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The electronic structures, magnetization and quantum transport properties of edge chlorinated nanographenes (Cl NGRs) (C1–C3) functionalized with conductive metal adatoms (Al, Au and Cu) has been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) with periodic boundary conditions and plane wave basis functions. The adsorption energy results depict weak chemisorption and strong physisorption for Au adsorption for C1, while C2 and C3 show strong chemisorption towards the studied metals. The role of dispersion forces has also been studied with an empirical classical model. The results show that the metal clusters avoid hollow sites on the Cl NGRs surface and favor atop and bond sites. The net magnetic moment of 0.73 μB is observed for the (Cl NGRs–metals) system and is in reasonable agreement with the previous calculations carried out on graphene nanoribbons. The TDDFT calculations predict that the absorption spectra for metal dimer–Cl NGRs lie in the visible region. The predictive electrical conductivity of these systems suggests that the metal adatoms play an important role in the transport properties of devices and can be used for thermoelectric applications. The electronic structures, magnetization and quantum transport properties of edge chlorinated nanographenes functionalized with conductive metal adatoms have been investigated by means of density functional theory with plane wave basis functions.![]()
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- Ruby Srivastava
- Center for Molecular Modeling
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad-500607
- India
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Bajpai OP, Mandal S, Ananthakrishnan R, Mandal P, Khastgir D, Chattopadhyay S. Structural features, magnetic properties and photocatalytic activity of bismuth ferrite nanoparticles grafted on graphene nanosheets. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj02030b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bismuth ferrite grafted on graphene nanosheets (BiFeO3-g-GNS) works as an efficient photocatalyst for organic pollutants/dyes, irrespective of the ionic nature of the pollutants.
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- Om Prakash Bajpai
- Rubber Technology Centre
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kharagpur
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kharagpur 721302
- India
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- Rubber Technology Centre
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kharagpur
- India
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- Rubber Technology Centre
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kharagpur
- India
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