纳米碳分子——合成化学的魅力

Nanocarbon Molecules-the Fascination of Synthetic Chemistry

碳材料的发展极大地推动了人类科技的进步。碳材料通过碳原子之间不同的键合方式、结构和排列,使其具有丰富的性质,并且更多新型碳材料还不断地被发现或合成出来。作为新型碳材料的纳米碳分子由于其本身所拥有的潜在优良性质,在有机电子学、材料科学如生物材料等领域具有广阔的应用前景,因此被誉为是未来最有开发前景的材料。在过去的四十年里,新型纳米碳分子的发现和创造已彻底改变了碳材料的格局,打开了一扇通往全新科学领域的大门。本文重点介绍了近年来具有新颖拓扑结构的纳米碳分子的结构特征以及如何通过有机合成的手段对其进行精准构筑。

The discovery and creation of new carbon materials have motivated the evolution of technology.Carbon is one of the central elements,due to the characteristics of carbon atoms and varying electron configurations,diverse molecules will be discovered and formed.The structures and arrangements of carbon atoms in molecules have a significant impact on their properties.Nanocarbon molecules,as novel carbon materials with excellent properties,have found promising applications in nanotechnology,electronics,optics,and biomedical fields.In the past four decades,the discovery and creation of new variety of nanocarbon materials have opened up a new path to advanced science and technology.This paper focuses on the study of the structural characteristics of nanocarbon molecules with novel topological structures,and the way to achieve full synthetic control over these structures that are reported in recent years.