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Direct oriented growth of armchair graphene nanoribbons on germanium

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  • Robert M. Jacobberger

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Brian Kiraly

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
    Northwestern University)

  • Matthieu Fortin-Deschenes

    (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

  • Pierre L. Levesque

    (Université de Montréal)

  • Kyle M. McElhinny

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Gerald J. Brady

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Richard Rojas Delgado

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Susmit Singha Roy

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Andrew Mannix

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
    Northwestern University)

  • Max G. Lagally

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Paul G. Evans

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Patrick Desjardins

    (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

  • Richard Martel

    (Université de Montréal)

  • Mark C. Hersam

    (Northwestern University
    Northwestern University)

  • Nathan P. Guisinger

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Michael S. Arnold

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Abstract

Graphene can be transformed from a semimetal into a semiconductor if it is confined into nanoribbons narrower than 10 nm with controlled crystallographic orientation and well-defined armchair edges. However, the scalable synthesis of nanoribbons with this precision directly on insulating or semiconducting substrates has not been possible. Here we demonstrate the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons on Ge(001) via chemical vapour deposition. The nanoribbons are self-aligning 3° from the Ge〈110〉 directions, are self-defining with predominantly smooth armchair edges, and have tunable width to 70. In order to realize highly anisotropic ribbons, it is critical to operate in a regime in which the growth rate in the width direction is especially slow,

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  • Robert M. Jacobberger & Brian Kiraly & Matthieu Fortin-Deschenes & Pierre L. Levesque & Kyle M. McElhinny & Gerald J. Brady & Richard Rojas Delgado & Susmit Singha Roy & Andrew Mannix & Max G. Lagally, 2015. "Direct oriented growth of armchair graphene nanoribbons on germanium," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-8, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9006
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9006
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    1. Austin J. Way & Robert M. Jacobberger & Nathan P. Guisinger & Vivek Saraswat & Xiaoqi Zheng & Anjali Suresh & Jonathan H. Dwyer & Padma Gopalan & Michael S. Arnold, 2022. "Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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