• 文献标题:   Atomically precise edge chlorination of nanographenes and its application in graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TAN YZ, YANG B, PARVEZ K, NARITA A, OSELLA S, BELJONNE D, FENG XL, MULLEN K
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Max Planck Inst Polymer Res
  • 被引频次:   102
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms3646
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Chemical functionalization is one of the most powerful and widely used strategies to control the properties of nanomaterials, particularly in the field of graphene. However, the ill-defined structure of the present functionalized graphene inhibits atomically precise structural characterization and structure-correlated property modulation. Here we present a general edge chlorination protocol for atomically precise functionalization of nanographenes at different scales from 1.2 to 3.4 nm and its application in graphene nanoribbons. The well-defined edge chlorination is unambiguously confirmed by X-ray single-crystal analysis, which also discloses the characteristic non-planar molecular shape and detailed bond lengths of chlorinated nanographenes. Chlorinated nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons manifest enhanced solution processability associated with decreases in the optical band gap and frontier molecular orbital energy levels, exemplifying the structure-correlated property modulation by precise edge chlorination.