Integration of Nanographenes and Organic Chemistry – Toward Nanographene‐based Two‐dimensional Materials

The front cover artwork is provided by Takeharu Haino's group. The image shows the fragmentation of a graphene sheet by chemical oxidation, producing nanographenes. The quantum size effect opens the band gap of nanographenes, allowing them to emit photoluminescence in the visible region. Read the full text of the Concept at 10.1002/cphc.202200311. “Integration of nanographene and organic substituents can realize two‐dimensional functional materials which are difficult to be realized by conventional organic synthesis. This conceptual article introduces nanographenes as scaffolds for two‐dimensional materials and summarizes the structural information of nanographenes and the effect of the edge functionalization on their physical properties based on recently published papers…” This and more about the story behind the front cover can be found in the Concept at 10.1002/cphc.202200311.