Credit: Manabu Abe, Hiroshima University
Chemical rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms curve to form relatively stable structures capable of conducting electricity and more but how do these curved systems change when new components are introduced? Researchers based in Japan found that, with just a few sub-atomic additions, the properties can pivot to vary system states and behaviors, as demonstrated through a new synthesized chemical compound.
The results were published on April 26 in the
Journal of the American Chemical Society. In the past decade, open-shell molecules have attracted considerable attention not only in the field of reactive intermediates, but also in materials science, said paper author Manabu Abe, professor in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University.