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Atomically precise bottom-up fabrication of graphene nanoribbons

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  • Jinming Cai

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Pascal Ruffieux

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Rached Jaafar

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Marco Bieri

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Thomas Braun

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Stephan Blankenburg

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Matthias Muoth

    (ETH Zurich, Micro and Nanosystems, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Ari P. Seitsonen

    (University of Zurich, Physical Chemistry Institute, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    IMPMC, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, case 115, F-75252 Paris, France)

  • Moussa Saleh

    (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55124 Mainz, Germany)

  • Xinliang Feng

    (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55124 Mainz, Germany)

  • Klaus Müllen

    (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55124 Mainz, Germany)

  • Roman Fasel

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, 3602 Thun and 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)

Abstract

Ribbon development Graphene nanoribbons, narrow straight-edged strips of the single-atom-thick sheet form of carbon, are predicted to exhibit remarkable properties, making them suitable for future electronic applications. Before this potential can be realized, more chemically precise methods of production will be required. Cai et al. report a step towards that goal with the development of a bottom-up fabrication method that produces atomically precise graphene nanoribbons of different topologies and widths. The process involves the deposition of precursor monomers with structures that 'encode' the topology and width of the desired ribbon end-product onto a metal surface. Surface-assisted coupling of the precursors into linear polyphenylenes is then followed by cyclodehydrogenation. Given the method's versatility and precision, it could even provide a route to more unusual graphene nanoribbon structures with tuned chemical and electronic properties.

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  • Jinming Cai & Pascal Ruffieux & Rached Jaafar & Marco Bieri & Thomas Braun & Stephan Blankenburg & Matthias Muoth & Ari P. Seitsonen & Moussa Saleh & Xinliang Feng & Klaus Müllen & Roman Fasel, 2010. "Atomically precise bottom-up fabrication of graphene nanoribbons," Nature, Nature, vol. 466(7305), pages 470-473, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:466:y:2010:i:7305:d:10.1038_nature09211
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09211
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