On-Surface Synthesis of Unsaturated Carbon Nanostructures with Regularly Fused Pentagon–Heptagon Pairs
Ian Cheng‐Yi Hou, Qiang Sun, Kristjan Eimre, Marco Di Giovannantonio, José I. Urgel, Pascal Ruffieux, Akimitsu Narita, Román Fasel, Kläus Müllen
Abstract
-carbon frameworks were characterized by high-resolution scanning probe microscopy techniques and feature novel polycyclic architectures composed of multiple regularly fused pentagon-heptagon pairs. Moreover, the calculated analysis of its aromaticity revealed a peculiar polar electronic structure.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPentagonNanostructureNanotechnologySurface (topology)Carbon fibersCrystallographyGeometryComposite materialMaterials scienceMathematicsComposite numberGraphene research and applicationsSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsSurface Chemistry and Catalysis