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Nanographene is flexible, yet stronger than steel. With unique physical and electronic properties, the material consists of carbon molecules only one atom thick arranged in a honeycomb shape. Still early in technological development, current fabrication methods require the addition of substituents to obtain a uniform material. Additive-free methods result in flimsy, breakable fibers until now.
An international team of researchers has developed self-assembling, stable and strong nanographene wires. The results were published on March 24 in
Journal of the American Chemical Society.
ACS Catalysis
ACS Publications appointed Cathleen Crudden, Ph.D., of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, as the new Editor-in-Chief of
ACS Catalysis. Crudden, who currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journal, is the A.V. Douglas distinguished professor of chemistry and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1). She additionally holds a research professorship and runs a satellite lab at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules in Nagoya, Japan. Professor Crudden’s international experience is extensive, having held visiting professorships in Japan, Spain, and France. Professor Crudden’s work has included homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, with a recent focus on surface chemistry. She seeks to provide in-depth solutions to outstanding molecular and materials chemistry problems, including tackling issues such as the creation of carbon-carbon bonds with stereochemistry using catalytic approaches and using insight from catalyst design in materials chemistry.