Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Laterally extended atomically precise graphene nanoribbons with improved electrical conductivity for efficient gas sensing

  • Mohammad Mehdi Pour,
  • Andrey Lashkov,
  • Adrian Radocea,
  • Ximeng Liu,
  • Tao Sun,
  • Alexey Lipatov,
  • Rafal A. Korlacki,
  • Mikhail Shekhirev,
  • Narayana R. Aluru,
  • Joseph W. Lyding,
  • Victor Sysoev,
  • Alexander Sinitskii

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00692-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons are a promising platform for tailored electron transport, yet they suffer from low conductivity. Here, the authors devise a strategy to laterally extend conventional chevron nanoribbons, thus achieving increased electrical conductivity and improved chemical sensing capabilities.