Tuning the band gap of graphene nanoribbons synthesized from molecular precursors

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6123-6128

  Chen, Yen Chia ^a,b   De Oteyza, Dimas G ^a,c   Pedramrazi, Zahra ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Fischer, Felix R ^a,b   Crommie, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

bottom up synthesis; energy gaps; graphene nanoribbon; molecular precursors; scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON (GNR); LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC STATE; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY GAP; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

NANORIBBONS;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MACROMOLECULE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84880782130     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401948e     Document Type: Article

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