Direct exfoliation of graphite with a porphyrin - creating functionalizable nanographene hybridsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32888g

Exfoliation of graphite was achieved using a free-base porphyrin 1 resulting in an efficient fabrication of single-layer nanographene (NG)- 1 hybrid platelets that can be further functionalized with other nanomaterials. The novel nanographene-porphyrin hybrids reveal efficient charge transfer in the excited state. Exfoliation of graphite was achieved using a free-base porphyrin 1 resulting in an efficient fabrication of single-layer nanographene (NG)- 1 hybrid platelets that can be further functionalized with other nanomaterials.