Synthesis of graphene nanoribbons from monomeric molecular precursors bearing reactive alkyne moieties

US11247905B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Yves Rubin · Los Angeles, US
• Robert S. Jordan · Merced, US
• Yolanda L. Li · Los Angeles, US
• Ryan McCurdy · Los Angeles, US
• Simon Kervyn De Meerendre · Autre-Église, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of forming a graphene nanoribbon includes: 1) providing monomeric precursors each including an alkyne moiety and at least one aromatic moiety bonded to the alkyne moiety; 2) polymerizing the monomeric precursors to form a polymer; and 3) converting the polymer to a graphene nanoribbon.