Talirz L, Sode H, Dumslaff T, Wang S, Sanchez-Valencia JR, Liu J, Shinde P, Pignedoli CA, Liang L, Meunier V, Plumb NC, Shi M, Feng X, Narita A, Muellen K, Fasel R, Ruffieux P (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Book Volume: 11
Pages Range: 1380-1388
Journal Issue: 2
The bottom-up approach to synthesize graphene nanoribbons strives not only to introduce a band gap into the electronic structure of graphene but also to accurately tune its value by designing both the width and edge structure of the ribbons with atomic precision. We report the synthesis of an armchair graphene nanoribbon with a width of nine carbon atoms on Au(111) through surface-assisted aryl-aryl coupling and subsequent cyclodehydrogenation of a properly chosen molecular precursor. By combining high-resolution atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy, we demonstrate that the atomic structure of the fabricated ribbons is exactly as designed. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and Fourier-transformed scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveal an electronic band gap of 1.4 eV and effective masses of ≈ 0.1 m
APA:
Talirz, L., Sode, H., Dumslaff, T., Wang, S., Sanchez-Valencia, J.R., Liu, J.,... Ruffieux, P. (2017). On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of 9-Atom Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons. ACS nano, 11(2), 1380-1388. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b06405
MLA:
Talirz, Leopold, et al. "On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of 9-Atom Wide Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons." ACS nano 11.2 (2017): 1380-1388.
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