Zipping up: Cooperativity drives the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 14884-14887

  Björk, Jonas ^a   Stafström, Sven ^a   Hanke, Felix ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU SURFACES; AU(111) SURFACES; C-C BONDS; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; COOPERATIVITY; CYCLODEHYDROGENATION; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POLYANTHRACENE; POTENTIAL REACTIONS; STEP-BY-STEP; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ANTHRACENE; DEHYDROGENATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GRAPHENE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTHRACENE; CARBON; GOLD; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; NANORIBBON; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDROGENATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 80053089184     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja205857a     Document Type: Article

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