Effect of Chemical Structure on Polymer-Templated Growth of Graphitic Nanoribbons

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 9043-9049

  Liu, Nan ^a   Kim, Kwanpyo ^a,c   Jeong, Hu Young ^c   Hsu, Po Chun ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,b   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chemical structure; electrospinning; graphitic nanoribbon (GraNR); graphitization degree; polymer

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN POLYMERS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON (GNR); GRAPHITIC NANORIBBON; GRAPHITIZATION DEGREE; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA);

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84942342378     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03134     Document Type: Article

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