Polycyclic Arenes and Heteroarenes

Qian Miao is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin. He obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000 and received his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University, USA, in 2005, under direction of Prof. Colin Nuckolls. He then did postdoctoral research with Prof. Fred Wudl at the University of California, Los Angeles, before he joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor in 2006. He was promoted to associate professor in 2012. His research aims at the design and synthesis of functional organic materials with high performance and novel functions, and currently focuses on organic semiconductor materials and devices.

Introduction / Overview
I. POLYCYCLIC ARENES
Pentacene and Larger Acenes
Helicenes
Benzocoronenes and Graphene-type Arenes
Open-Shell Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Cyclopenta-fused-Polycyclic Arenes
Aromatic Bowls
Polycyclic Arenes Featuring Heptagonal and Octagonal Carbocycles
Carbon Nanorings
Dehydrobenzoannulenes
Phenylbenzenes and Phenylethenes
II. POLYCYCLIC HETEROARENES
N-Heteroacenes: From Molecules to Semiconductors
B-containing Polycyclic Heteroarenes
S-containing Polycyclic Heteroarenes: Thienoacenes and Thiadiazole-fused Arenes as Organic Semiconductors
P-containing Polycyclic Heteroarenes
Si- and O-contaning Polycyclic Heteroarenes
Polycyclic Heteroarenes Contaning Multiple Heteroatoms