Large intrinsic energy bandgaps in annealed nanotube-derived graphene nanoribbons

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Shimizu, T ^a   Haruyama, J ^a   Marcano, D C ^b   Kosinkin, D V ^b   Tour, J M ^b   Hirose, K ^c   Suenaga, K ^c  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANORIBBONS; NANOTUBES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; YARN;

DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HOPPING CONDUCTANCE; HYDROGEN ANNEALING; LITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION; LOW DEFECT DENSITIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

GRAPHENE; NANORIBBON; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78650589840     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.249     Document Type: Article

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