Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds

Austin J. Way; Robert M. Jacobberger; Nathan P. Guisinger; Vivek Saraswat; Xiaoqi Zheng; Anjali Suresh; Jonathan H. Dwyer; Padma Gopalan; Michael S. Arnold

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30563-6

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds

Austin J. Way,
Robert M. Jacobberger,
Nathan P. Guisinger,
Vivek Saraswat,
Xiaoqi Zheng,
Anjali Suresh,
Jonathan H. Dwyer,
Padma Gopalan,
Michael S. Arnold

Affiliations

Austin J. Way: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Robert M. Jacobberger: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nathan P. Guisinger: Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials
Vivek Saraswat: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xiaoqi Zheng: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anjali Suresh: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan H. Dwyer: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Padma Gopalan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael S. Arnold: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30563-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The authors report on harnessing sp2-organic molecules as a basis for uniformly initiating the homoepitaxial-like, size-controlled, synthesis of sub-5 nm semiconducting graphene nanoribbons for electronics via chemical vapor deposition.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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