Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Quasi one-dimensional band dispersion and surface metallization in long-range ordered polymeric wires

  • Guillaume Vasseur,
  • Yannick Fagot-Revurat,
  • Muriel Sicot,
  • Bertrand Kierren,
  • Luc Moreau,
  • Daniel Malterre,
  • Luis Cardenas,
  • Gianluca Galeotti,
  • Josh Lipton-Duffin,
  • Federico Rosei,
  • Marco Di Giovannantonio,
  • Giorgio Contini,
  • Patrick Le Fèvre,
  • François Bertran,
  • Liangbo Liang,
  • Vincent Meunier,
  • Dmitrii F. Perepichka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Polymerization on surfaces is an emerging approach for producing graphene nanoribbons with a tunable bandgap, a promising material for carbon-based electronics. Here, Vasseur et al.show quasi-one-dimensional band structure of a model semiconducting polymer synthesized directly on a supporting surface.