A grossly warped nanographene and the consequences of multiple odd-membered-ring defects

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 739-744

  Kawasumi, Katsuaki ^a   Zhang, Qianyan ^b   Segawa, Yasutomo ^a   Scott, Lawrence T ^b   Itami, Kenichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84883137750     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1704     Document Type: Article

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