New Circulenes as Probes of Aromaticity and Models for Graphene Defects

在这个由化学部门化学合成计划资助的项目中，内华达大学里诺分校化学系的Benjamin T. King教授和他的学生将制备和研究新的环烯和kekulene。这些化合物可以回答有关芳香性性质的重要问题。此外，它们还可以作为缺陷模型，并为理解石墨烯和纳米管的化学和物理提供起点。石墨烯和纳米管是具有重要意义的新兴化合物，因为它们很可能在未来十年内得到广泛的技术应用。了解这些化合物中缺陷的作用对它们的应用至关重要。这项拟议的研究对培养下一代技术人才也很重要。研究生和本科生都将通过拟议的研究得到培训。此外，扩大参与力度，从地方高中的多样化候选人中招收高中生，将引导这些学生走上科学事业的道路。

In this project funded by the Chemical Synthesis Program of the Chemistry Division, Professor Benjamin T. King and his students in the Chemistry Department of the University of Nevada, Reno will prepare and study new circulenes and kekulenes. These compounds can answer important questions about the nature of aromaticity. In addition, they also serve as models for defects and provide a starting point to understand the chemistry and physics of graphenes and nanotubes. Graphenes and nanotubes are emerging classes of compounds of significant importance, as they are likely to find widespread technological applications within the next decade. Understanding the role of defects in these compounds is vital to their applications. The proposed study is also important in the development of the next generation of a technical workforce. Both graduate and undergraduate students will be trained through the proposed research. In addition, broadening participation efforts to recruit high school students out of a diverse candidate pool from local high schools will steer these students down a path to scientific careers.