Niko Pavliček, Anish Mistry, et al.
Nature Nanotechnology
H-Benzo[cd ]pyrene ('Olympicene') is a polyaromatic hydrocarbon and non-Kekulé fragment of graphene. A new synthetic method has been developed for the formation of 6H-benzo[cd]pyrene and related ketones including the first time isolation of the unstable alcohol 6H-benzo[cd]pyren-6-ol. Molecular imaging of the reaction products with scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) characterised the 6H-benzo[cd]pyrene as well as the previously intangible and significantly less stable 5 H-benzo[cd ]pyrene, the fully conjugated benzo[cd]pyrenyl radical and the ketones as oxidation products.
Niko Pavliček, Anish Mistry, et al.
Nature Nanotechnology
Bruno Schuler, Wei Liu, et al.
Physical Review Letters
Bruno Schuler, Shadi Fatayer, et al.
Nature Chemistry
Nikolaj Moll, Bruno Schuler, et al.
Nano Letters