The organic synthesis of graphene nanostructures requires exceptionally efficient chemistry and is made more challenging by difficulties in characterization and processing. Now, solution-dispersible graphene nanoribbons have been synthesized on the gram scale.
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Hartley, C. Nanoribbons from the bottom-up. Nature Chem 6, 91–92 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1845
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