A collaborative research team comprising scientists from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside counterparts from the University of Basel in Switzerland and the University of Salzburg in Austria, has achieved notable progress in the realm of graphene quantum dot preparation. By integrating in situ thermal annealing with non-contact atomic force microscopy techniques, the team successfully stabilized C60 dimers on the surface of Pt(111) metal. This breakthrough has unveiled the comprehensive transformation process of these dimers into graphene quantum dots and, eventually, larger graphene sheets. This accomplishment offers fresh perspectives on the controlled synthesis of graphene.