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Inside Cover: Helically Coiled Graphene Nanoribbons (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 22/2017)
Author(s) -
Daigle Maxime,
Miao Dandan,
Lucotti Andrea,
Tommasini Matteo,
Morin JeanFrançois
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201704049
Subject(s) - helicene , graphene nanoribbons , regioselectivity , cover (algebra) , graphene , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering , catalysis
Helicene‐like graphene nanoribbons (HGNRs) are prepared through a regioselective photochemical cyclodehydrochlorination (CDHC) reaction from a polychlorinated polyphenylene precursor. In their Communication on page 6213 ff., J.‐F. Morin and co‐workers shown the HGNRs have a large band gap compared to other GNRs and are highly emissive. Such a well‐defined helical GNR structure opens up new opportunities for applications in host–guest chemistry, molecular electronics, and sensing.