IBM and Warwick Image Highly Reactive Triangular Molecule for the First Time
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Appearing in Nature Nanotechnology, IBM scientists in collaboration with chemists at the University of Warwick have synthesized and characterized a tricky molecule called triangulene, also known as Clar's hydrocarbon, which was first hypothesized in 1953.
Anish Mistry, University of Warwick continues, "Chemists have always thought that triangulene would be too unstable to isolate. Building on our previous olympicene collaboration, we have added an extra ring to the molecule, and an extra level of complexity to the science, but have managed to make a previously impossible molecule with potentially really interesting properties."
This molecule may have applications for quantum computers.
First author on the paper, IBM researcher, Niko PavliAek comments, "In this work, we used our atomic manipulation technique from the aryne and Bergman papers to generate triangulene, which had never been synthesized before. It's a challenging molecule because it's highly reactive, but it's also particularly interesting because of its magnetic properties."
Nature Communications - Synthesis and characterization of triangulene
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Anish Mistry, University of Warwick continues, "Chemists have always thought that triangulene would be too unstable to isolate. Building on our previous olympicene collaboration, we have added an extra ring to the molecule, and an extra level of complexity to the science, but have managed to make a previously impossible molecule with potentially really interesting properties."
This molecule may have applications for quantum computers.
First author on the paper, IBM researcher, Niko PavliAek comments, "In this work, we used our atomic manipulation technique from the aryne and Bergman papers to generate triangulene, which had never been synthesized before. It's a challenging molecule because it's highly reactive, but it's also particularly interesting because of its magnetic properties."
Nature Communications - Synthesis and characterization of triangulene
Read more