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- noun organic chemistry Any compound containing two
anhydride groups - noun biochemistry Any
cyclic product of thecondensation of twomonosaccharide molecules with the elimination of two molecules of water
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One of the first molecules studied by Temirov and co-workers was the perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound.
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One of the first molecules studied by Temirov and co-workers was the perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound.
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Now, researchers at Northwestern University, US, have identified conditions for chemically functionalizing graphene with the organic semiconductor perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA).
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