We have recently exploited a crystal engineering approach to obtain polydiacetylenes (PDAs) with pendent aromatic groups, which are designed to undergo aromatization reactions to graphene nanoribbons of defined width. The conversion of the PDAs to graphene nanoribbons at modest temperatures will be described, as well as the detailed spectroscopic investigations of the conversion process.

Graphene nanoribbons through directed molecular assembly and stitching

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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