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Inside Cover: Bottom‐Up Synthesis of Necklace‐Like Graphene Nanoribbons (Chem. Asian J. 10/2015)
Author(s) -
Schwab Matthias Georg,
Narita Akimitsu,
Osella Silvio,
Hu Yunbin,
Maghsoumi Ali,
Mavrinsky Alexey,
Pisula Wojciech,
Castiglioni Chiara,
Tommasini Matteo,
Beljonne David,
Feng Xinliang,
Müllen Klaus
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201581002
Subject(s) - necklace , graphene nanoribbons , graphene , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , band gap , materials science , optoelectronics , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , combinatorics
Graphene Nanoribbons . Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have been attracting increasing attention for their potential applications in nano‐ and optoelectronic devices. However, their structural diversity remains highly limited. In their Communication on page 2134, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen et al. report on a bottom‐up solution synthesis of GNRs with a unique necklace‐like structure. These new GNRs demonstrate an optical bandgap of ca. 1.4 eV, which has not been attained with other GNR structures, and enable further fine‐tuning of GNR bandgaps by structural modulation.