Hydrogen dangling bonds induce ferromagnetism in two-dimensional metal-free graphitic-C3N4 nanosheets† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental and characterization. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02576h Click here for additional data file.

Inducing ferromagnetism in two dimensional metal-free g-C3N4 nanosheets has been achieved through the introduction of hydrogen dangling bonds.

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