Materials science challenges to graphene nanoribbon electronics

V Saraswat, RM Jacobberger, MS Arnold - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have recently emerged as promising candidates for channel
materials in future nanoelectronic devices due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, and …

Nanoporous graphene as a reverse osmosis membrane: recent insights from theory and simulation

D Cohen-Tanugi, JC Grossman - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, we examine the potential and the challenges of designing an ultrathin reverse
osmosis (RO) membrane from graphene, focusing on the role of computational methods in …

Spin splitting of dopant edge state in magnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons

RE Blackwell, F Zhao, E Brooks, J Zhu, I Piskun… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Spin-ordered electronic states in hydrogen-terminated zigzag nanographene give rise to
magnetic quantum phenomena, that have sparked renewed interest in carbon-based …

Toward edge engineering of two-dimensional layered transition-metal dichalcogenides by chemical vapor deposition

W Fu, M John, TD Maddumapatabandi, F Bussolotti… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The manipulation of edge configurations and structures in atomically-thin transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs) for versatile functionalization has attracted intensive interest in …

Programmable fabrication of monodisperse graphene nanoribbons via deterministic iterative synthesis

J Yin, PH Jacobse, D Pyle, Z Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While enormous progress has been achieved in synthesizing atomically precise graphene
nanoribbons (GNRs), the preparation of GNRs with a fully predetermined length and …

Charge transport in topological graphene nanoribbons and nanoribbon heterostructures

MJJ Mangnus, FR Fischer, MF Crommie, I Swart… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Although it is generally accepted that structural parameters like width, shape, and edge
structure crucially affect the electronic characteristics of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), the …

Five-Membered Rings Create Off-Zero Modes in Nanographene

PH Jacobse, MC Daugherty, K Cernevics, Z Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The low-energy electronic structure of nanographenes can be tuned through zero-energy π-
electron states, typically referred to as zero-modes. Customizable electronic and magnetic …

Graphene nanoflakes: thermal stability, infrared signatures, and potential applications in the field of spintronics and optical nanodevices

AM Silva, MS Pires, VN Freire… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We investigate the structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of graphene nanoflakes
(GNFs) with a small number of atoms (< 250) and distinct shapes (triangular, rectangular …

Pseudo-atomic orbital behavior in graphene nanoribbons with four-membered rings

PH Jacobse, Z Jin, J Jiang, S Peurifoy, Z Yue… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The incorporation of nonhexagonal rings into graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) is an effective
strategy for engineering localized electronic states, bandgaps, and magnetic properties …

Ab initio spin-flip conductance of hydrogenated graphene nanoribbons: Spin-orbit interaction and scattering with local impurity spins

J Wilhelm, M Walz, F Evers - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We calculate the spin-dependent zero-bias conductance G σ σ′ in armchair graphene
nanoribbons with hydrogen adsorbates employing a DFT-based ab initio transport formalism …