On the way to graphene: The bottom-up approach to very large PAHs using the scholl reaction

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 713-725

  Cataldo, Franco ^a,b   Ursini, Ornella ^c   Angelini, Giancarlo ^c   Iglesias Groth, Susana ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Soc Lupi Chem Research Institute   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

coronene; dicoronylene; Graphene; hexabenzocoronene; PAHs; perylene; quaterrylene; very large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; VLPHAs

Indexed keywords

CORONENE; DICORONYLENE; HEXABENZOCORONENE; PAHS; PERYLENES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; QUATERRYLENE; VLPHAS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBONIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHENE; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 79961090119     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2010.494787     Document Type: Article

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