Atomically precise edge chlorination of nanographenes and its application in graphene nanoribbons

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tan, Yuan Zhi ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Parvez, Khaled ^a   Narita, Akimitsu ^a   Osella, Silvio ^b   Beljonne, David ^b   Feng, Xinliang ^a   Müllen, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; NANOGRAPHENE; NANORIBBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKENE; CHLORINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATION; ENERGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; OPTICS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887645907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3646     Document Type: Article

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