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Molecular Carbons: How Far Can We Go?

Ming-Wei WangWei FanXiaonan LiYujian LiuZuoyu LiWei JiangJishan WuZhaohui Wang
Published in: ACS nano (2023)
The creation and development of carbon nanomaterials promoted material science significantly. Bottom-up synthesis has emerged as an efficient strategy to synthesize atomically precise carbon nanomaterials, namely, molecular carbons, with various sizes and topologies. Different from the properties of the feasibly obtained mixture of carbon nanomaterials, numerous properties of single-component molecular carbons have been discovered owing to their well-defined structures as well as potential applications in various fields. This Perspective introduces recent advances in molecular carbons derived from fullerene, graphene, carbon nanotube, carbyne, graphyne, and Schwarzite carbon acquired with different synthesis strategies. By selecting a variety of representative examples, we elaborate on the relationship between molecular carbons and carbon nanomaterials. We hope these multiple points of view presented may facilitate further advancement in this field.
Keyphrases
  • carbon nanotubes
  • single molecule
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  • high resolution
  • risk assessment
  • mass spectrometry
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