Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Molecular bilayer graphene

  • Xin-Jing Zhao,
  • Hao Hou,
  • Xue-Ting Fan,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Yu-Min Liu,
  • Chun Tang,
  • Shun-He Liu,
  • Peng-Peng Ding,
  • Jun Cheng,
  • Dong-Hai Lin,
  • Cheng Wang,
  • Ye Yang,
  • Yuan-Zhi Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11098-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Molecular bilayer graphene — a discrete assembly of two stacked graphene fragments — is challenging to produce in pure form. Here, the authors are able to synthesize and characterize stable molecular bilayer graphenes by the π−π stacking of two identical, well-defined nanographene sheets.