Carbon

Simultaneous, controllable synthesis of large-surface-area graphene and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) typically relies on multi-step, chemically intensive routes. Here we report a one-step, chemical-free approach based on low-pressure hydrogen-assisted thermal decomposition of silicon carbide (SiC), without supplying any external carbon precursor, which yields graphene forests (GFs) decorated with…

The integration of antimicrobial activity and electrical conductivity in carbon-based materials requires precise control of surface chemistry and metal-carbon interfaces under scalable conditions. Here, a pyrrole-based dual-function molecular bridge (serinol-pyrrole, SP) is employed as a molecular interface to covalently functionalize sp 2 carbon allotropes and to drive the in situ nucleation of …