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 hold great promise for future applications in nanoelectronic devices,
as they may combine the excellent electronic properties of graphene with the opening of an …

According to theoretical studies, narrow graphene nanoribbons with atomically precise
armchair edges and widths of< 2 nm have a bandgap comparable to that in silicon (1.1 eV) …

Graphene has attracted much interest in both academia and industry. The challenge of
making it semiconducting is crucial for applications in electronic devices. A promising …

Silicon-based field-effect transistors (FETs) are the building blocks of modern digital logic
circuitry and therefore part of virtually every electronic device available today. Over the past …

We computationally study the reaction mechanisms of halogen-based covalent self-
assembly, a major route for synthesizing molecular nanostructures and nanographenes on …

Graphene nanostructures, where quantum confinement opens an energy gap in the band
structure, hold promise for future electronic devices. To realize the full potential of these …

In this article, we describe our chemical approach, developed over the course of a decade,
towards the bottom‐up synthesis of structurally well‐defined graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) …

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), quasi-one-dimensional graphene strips, have shown great
potential for nanoscale electronics, optoelectronics, and photonics. Atomically precise GNRs …

Graphene nanoribbon (GNR) devices are being extensively investigated as possible
candidates for replacing silicon-channel devices in the next-generation integrated circuits …