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Title: Bottom-Up Synthesis of N = 13 Sulfur-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons

Abstract

Substitutional doping of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with heteroatoms is a principal strategy to fine-tune the electronic structure of GNRs for future device applications. In this paper, we report the fabrication and nanoscale characterization of atomically precise N = 13 armchair GNRs featuring regioregular edge-doping with sulfur atoms (S-13-AGNRs) on a Au(111) surface. Finally, scanning tunneling spectroscopy and first-principle calculations reveal modification of the electronic structure of S-13-AGNRs when compared to undoped N = 13 AGNRs.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [4]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
  5. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Office of Naval Research (ONR) (United States); National Science Foundation (NSF); German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
OSTI Identifier:
1461105
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; SC0010409; DMR-1206512; DMR15-1508412; DGE 1106400; LPDS 2014-09
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Nguyen, Giang D., Toma, Francesca M., Cao, Ting, Pedramrazi, Zahra, Chen, Chen, Rizzo, Daniel J., Joshi, Trinity, Bronner, Christopher, Chen, Yen-Chia, Favaro, Marco, Louie, Steven G., Fischer, Felix R., and Crommie, Michael F. Bottom-Up Synthesis of N = 13 Sulfur-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09986.
Nguyen, Giang D., Toma, Francesca M., Cao, Ting, Pedramrazi, Zahra, Chen, Chen, Rizzo, Daniel J., Joshi, Trinity, Bronner, Christopher, Chen, Yen-Chia, Favaro, Marco, Louie, Steven G., Fischer, Felix R., & Crommie, Michael F. Bottom-Up Synthesis of N = 13 Sulfur-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09986
Nguyen, Giang D., Toma, Francesca M., Cao, Ting, Pedramrazi, Zahra, Chen, Chen, Rizzo, Daniel J., Joshi, Trinity, Bronner, Christopher, Chen, Yen-Chia, Favaro, Marco, Louie, Steven G., Fischer, Felix R., and Crommie, Michael F. Wed . "Bottom-Up Synthesis of N = 13 Sulfur-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09986. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1461105.
@article{osti_1461105,
title = {Bottom-Up Synthesis of N = 13 Sulfur-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons},
author = {Nguyen, Giang D. and Toma, Francesca M. and Cao, Ting and Pedramrazi, Zahra and Chen, Chen and Rizzo, Daniel J. and Joshi, Trinity and Bronner, Christopher and Chen, Yen-Chia and Favaro, Marco and Louie, Steven G. and Fischer, Felix R. and Crommie, Michael F.},
abstractNote = {Substitutional doping of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with heteroatoms is a principal strategy to fine-tune the electronic structure of GNRs for future device applications. In this paper, we report the fabrication and nanoscale characterization of atomically precise N = 13 armchair GNRs featuring regioregular edge-doping with sulfur atoms (S-13-AGNRs) on a Au(111) surface. Finally, scanning tunneling spectroscopy and first-principle calculations reveal modification of the electronic structure of S-13-AGNRs when compared to undoped N = 13 AGNRs.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09986},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 5,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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