High yielding and extremely site-selective covalent functionalization of graphene

Juan Jesús Navarro; Fabián Calleja; Rodolfo Miranda; Emilio M Pérez; Amadeo L Vázquez de Parga

doi:10.1039/c7cc04458e

High yielding and extremely site-selective covalent functionalization of graphene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Sep 19;53(75):10418-10421. doi: 10.1039/c7cc04458e.

Authors

Juan Jesús Navarro¹, Fabián Calleja², Rodolfo Miranda³, Emilio M Pérez², Amadeo L Vázquez de Parga³

Affiliations

¹ IMDEA Nanociencia, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain and Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain.
² IMDEA Nanociencia, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain.
³ IMDEA Nanociencia, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain and Dep. Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain and Condensed Matter Physcis Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain. emilio.perez@imdea.org al.vazquezdeparga@uam.es.

PMID: 28880314
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc04458e

Abstract

We describe a method to functionalize graphene covalently with 92% yield and 98% site-selectivity and strict spatial periodicity on the nanometer scale. This method could be extended to other functional molecules.