High yielding and extremely site-selective covalent functionalization of graphene

Author: Juan Jesús Navarro, Fabián Calleja, Rodolfo Miranda, Emilio M. Pérez and Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga.

Chem. Commun., 2017.

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…