Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds

Way, Austin J.; Jacobberger, Robert M.; Guisinger, Nathan P.; Saraswat, Vivek; Zheng, Xiaoqi; Suresh, Anjali; Dwyer, Jonathan H.; Gopalan, Padma; Arnold, Michael S.

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30563-6

Graphene nanoribbons initiated from molecularly derived seeds

Journal Article · Mon May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30563-6· OSTI ID:1870355

Way, Austin J.; Jacobberger, Robert M.; Guisinger, Nathan P.; Saraswat, Vivek; ; Suresh, Anjali; Dwyer, Jonathan H.; Gopalan, Padma;

Abstract

Semiconducting graphene nanoribbons are promising materials for nanoelectronics but are held back by synthesis challenges. Here we report that molecular-scale carbon seeds can be exploited to initiate the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis of graphene to generate one-dimensional graphene nanoribbons narrower than 5 nm when coupled with growth phenomena that selectively extend seeds along a single direction. This concept is demonstrated by subliming graphene-like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules onto a Ge(001) catalyst surface and then anisotropically evolving size-controlled nanoribbons from the seeds along $$$$\left\langle 110\right\rangle$$$$ $(110)$ of Ge(001) via CH ₄ CVD. Armchair nanoribbons with mean normalized standard deviation as small as 11% (3 times smaller than nanoribbons nucleated without seeds), aspect ratio as large as 30, and width as narrow as 2.6 nm (tunable via CH ₄ exposure time) are realized. Two populations of nanoribbons are compared in field-effect transistors (FETs), with off-current differing by 150 times because of the nanoribbons’ different widths.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0016007

OSTI ID:: 1870355

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1873522

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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