Tetrabenzocircumpyrene: a nanographene fragment with an embedded peripentacene core

• DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00693g
• Publication Date: 2015-03-12T17:31:49Z
• Authors: Ruth Dorel; Carlos Manzano; Maricarmen Grisolia; We-Hyo Soe; Christian Joachim; Antonio M. Echava...
• Keywords: Fragment (logic)

A new disc-shaped highly symmetric C54H20 nanographene fragment, tetrabenzocircumpyrene, has been synthesized and characterized by scanning tunnelling microscopy, demonstrating the potential of this technique for identifying insoluble graphenic molecules.