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 (GNRs) are quasi‐1D graphene strips, which have attracted
attention as a novel class of semiconducting materials for various applications in electronics …

The quest for planar sp2-hybridized carbon allotropes other than graphene, such as
graphenylene and biphenylene networks, has stimulated substantial research efforts …

Boundaries between distinct topological phases of matter support robust, yet exotic quantum
states such as spin–momentum locked transport channels or Majorana fermions,–. The idea …

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 …

Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) attract great interest because of their
highly tunable electronic, optical, and transport properties. However, on-surface synthesis of …

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 …

On-surface synthesis is a powerful route toward the fabrication of specific graphene-like
nanostructures confined in two dimensions. This strategy has been successfully applied to …

We theoretically propose a switching device that operates at room temperature. The device
is an in-plane heterostructure based on a periodically boron-doped (nitrogen-doped) …

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) exhibit a series of essential electronic properties, especially
in establishing tunable bandgaps. The bandgaps are determined by structural features of …