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Cover Picture: Electronic Structure and Aromaticity of Graphene Nanoribbons (Chem. Eur. J. 20/2012)
Author(s) -
MartínMartínez Francisco J.,
Fias Stijn,
Van Lier Gregory,
De Proft Frank,
Geerlings Paul
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201290078
Subject(s) - aromaticity , cover (algebra) , graphene , graphene nanoribbons , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , engineering , organic chemistry , molecule , mechanical engineering
The electronic structure and aromaticity of graphene nanoribbons and carbon nanotubes has been analyzed and color coded. The three distinct classes of aromaticity patterns found for armchair graphene nanoribbons (Kekulé, Clar, incomplete‐Clar, or i‐Clar) are related to the periodicity in the band gap. The appearance of such distinct aromaticity distribution is explained within the framework of the Clar's sextet theory. For more details, see the Full Paper by F. J. Martín‐Martínez et al. on page 6183 ff.