On-surface synthesis of graphene nanostructures with π-magnetism

S Song, J Su, M Telychko, J Li, G Li, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanostructures (GNs) including graphene nanoribbons and nanoflakes have
attracted tremendous interest in the field of chemistry and materials science due to their …

Aromatic hydrocarbon belts

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

Polythiophene: From fundamental perspectives to applications

TP Kaloni, PK Giesbrecht, G Schreckenbach… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The field of organic electronics has been heavily impacted by the discovery and
development of π-conjugated conducting polymers. These polymers show great potential for …

Do diradicals behave like radicals?

T Stuyver, B Chen, T Zeng, P Geerlings… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This review sets out to understand the reactivity of diradicals and how that may differ from
monoradicals. In the first part of the review, we delineate the electronic structure of a …

Formation of nascent soot and other condensed-phase materials in flames

H Wang - Proceedings of the Combustion institute, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, our understanding of soot formation has evolved from an
empirical, phenomenological description to an age of quantitative modeling for at least small …

Mechanisms of asphaltene aggregation: puzzles and a new hypothesis

Y Zhang, M Siskin, MR Gray, CC Walters… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In petroleum science, asphaltenes are well-known as the most refractory fraction of crude oil
and remain infamous for problems in production, transportation, and refining processes …

The larger acenes: versatile organic semiconductors

JE Anthony - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Acenes have long been the subject of intense study because of the unique electronic
properties associated with their π‐bond topology. Recent reports of impressive …

Pushing the limits of acene chemistry: The recent surge of large acenes

C Tönshoff, HF Bettinger - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acenes, consisting of linearly fused benzene rings, are an important fundamental class of
organic compounds with various applications. Hexacene is the largest acene that was …

Synthesis, characterization, physical properties, and OLED application of single BN-fused perylene diimide

G Li, Y Zhao, J Li, J Cao, J Zhu, XW Sun… - The Journal of organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is very challenging to introduce azaborine into an electron-deficient arene system because
of unfavorable intramolecular electrophilic borylation reaction. In this report, we adopted a …

Recent highlights and perspectives on acene based molecules and materials

Q Ye, C Chi - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Acenes represent a series of molecules with intriguing physical and chemical properties for
applications in organic electronics. Nevertheless, the stability and solubility issues …