Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 627-631.doi: 10.1007/s40242-024-4117-2

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Synthetic Strategies of Carbon Nanobelts and Beyond

LI Yanbang1,2, SHANG Wansong1,2, REN Yu1,2, ZHANG Xi-Sha1,2, LI Cheng1,2, ZHANG Guanxin1,2, ZHANG Deqing1,2   

  1. 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science CAS, Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
  • Received:2024-05-08 Online:2024-08-01 Published:2024-07-24
  • Contact: LI Yanbang,yanbangli@iccas.ac.cn;ZHANG Deqing,dqzhang@iccas.ac.cn E-mail:yanbangli@iccas.ac.cn;dqzhang@iccas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFA0703202), the Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. 121111KYSB20200022, XDB0520000, and GJTD-2020-02) and the Program from the Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. E3210102).

Abstract: Carbon nanobelts (CNBs) with aesthetically appealing molecular structures and outstanding physical properties have attracted more and more attentions from the scientific community due to their potential applications in synthetic materials, host-guest chemistry, optoelectronics, and so on. The synthesis of CNBs at different stages was overviewed and some representative breakthroughs and advances in synthetic strategies were highlighted and discussed. The key issue for the synthesis of CNBs is how to construct curved structures with high strain energy. We not only proposed a few unconventional CNBs as the promising target molecules, but also pointed out the bottom-up synthesis of conjugated tubular segments of carbon nanotubes sharing similar properties as carbon nanotubes is the next focus in this emerging area.

Key words: Carbon nanobelt, Strain energy, Carbon nanoring, Single-walled carbon nanotube, Bottom-up synthesis