Controlling a chemical coupling reaction on a surface: tools and strategies for on-surface synthesis

S Clair, DG de Oteyza - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

Graphene nanoribbons: on‐surface synthesis and integration into electronic devices

Z Chen, A Narita, K Müllen - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are quasi‐1D graphene strips, which have attracted
attention as a novel class of semiconducting materials for various applications in electronics …

[HTML][HTML] Production and processing of graphene and related materials

C Backes, AM Abdelkader, C Alonso… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

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 …

Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons: interplay of structural and electronic properties

RSK Houtsma, J de la Rie, M Stöhr - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanoribbons hold great promise for future applications in nanoelectronic devices,
as they may combine the excellent electronic properties of graphene with the opening of an …

Covalent on-surface polymerization

L Grill, S Hecht - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

Small size, big impact: recent progress in bottom‐up synthesized nanographenes for optoelectronic and energy applications

Z Liu, S Fu, X Liu, A Narita, P Samorì, M Bonn… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up synthesized graphene nanostructures, including 0D graphene quantum dots and
1D graphene nanoribbons, have recently emerged as promising candidates for efficient …

The qPlus sensor, a powerful core for the atomic force microscope

FJ Giessibl - Review of scientific instruments, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

Sub-10-nm graphene nanoribbons with atomically smooth edges from squashed carbon nanotubes

C Chen, Y Lin, W Zhou, M Gong, Z He, F Shi, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Graphene nanoribbons are of potential use in the development of electronic and
optoelectronic devices. However, the preparation of narrow and long nanoribbons with …

Width-dependent band gap in armchair graphene nanoribbons reveals Fermi level pinning on Au (111)

N Merino-Díez, A Garcia-Lekue… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report the energy level alignment evolution of valence and conduction bands of armchair-
oriented graphene nanoribbons (aGNR) as their band gap shrinks with increasing width. We …