Structure of the nanographene ovalene (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Structure of the nanographene ovalene

Caption

(Top) The chemical structure of ovalene, (bottom left) a typical EC-STM image of ovalene on Au(111), and (bottom right) Kumamoto University researcher’s proposed model of the specially arranged ovalene adlayer based on the STM image.

Credit

Dr. Soichiro Yoshimoto

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