Phenyl Functionalization of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons for Engineering Inter-ribbon Interactions and Graphene Nanopores
Abstract
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) attract a great attention from researchers due to their tunable physical properties and potential for becoming nanoscale building blocks of electronic devices. GNRs can be synthesized with atomic precision by on-surface approaches from specially designed molecular precursors. While a considerable number of ribbons with very diverse structures and properties have been demonstrated in recent years, there have been only limited examples of on-surface synthesized GNRs modified with functional groups. In this study, we designed a nanoribbon, in which the chevron GNR backbone is decorated with phenyl functionalities, and demonstrate the on-surface synthesis of these GNRs on Au(111). We show that the phenyl modification affects the assembly of the GNR polymer precursors through π-π interactions. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of the modified GNRs on Au(111) revealed that they have a band gap of 2.50±0.02 eV, which is comparable to that of the parent chevron GNR. The phenyl functionalization leads to a shift of the band edges to lower energies, suggesting that it could be a useful tool for the GNR band structure engineering. We also investigated lateral fusion of the phenyl-modified GNRs and demonstrate that it could be used to engineer different kinds of atomically precise graphene nanopores. Amore »
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- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
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- 1466610
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- BNL-207943-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
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- SC0012704
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- Journal Name:
- ACS Nano
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
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- United States
- Language:
- English
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Shekhirev, Mikhail, Zahl, Percy, and Sinitskii, Alexander. Phenyl Functionalization of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons for Engineering Inter-ribbon Interactions and Graphene Nanopores. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b04489.
Shekhirev, Mikhail, Zahl, Percy, & Sinitskii, Alexander. Phenyl Functionalization of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons for Engineering Inter-ribbon Interactions and Graphene Nanopores. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04489
Shekhirev, Mikhail, Zahl, Percy, and Sinitskii, Alexander. Tue .
"Phenyl Functionalization of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons for Engineering Inter-ribbon Interactions and Graphene Nanopores". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04489. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1466610.
@article{osti_1466610,
title = {Phenyl Functionalization of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons for Engineering Inter-ribbon Interactions and Graphene Nanopores},
author = {Shekhirev, Mikhail and Zahl, Percy and Sinitskii, Alexander},
abstractNote = {Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) attract a great attention from researchers due to their tunable physical properties and potential for becoming nanoscale building blocks of electronic devices. GNRs can be synthesized with atomic precision by on-surface approaches from specially designed molecular precursors. While a considerable number of ribbons with very diverse structures and properties have been demonstrated in recent years, there have been only limited examples of on-surface synthesized GNRs modified with functional groups. In this study, we designed a nanoribbon, in which the chevron GNR backbone is decorated with phenyl functionalities, and demonstrate the on-surface synthesis of these GNRs on Au(111). We show that the phenyl modification affects the assembly of the GNR polymer precursors through π-π interactions. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of the modified GNRs on Au(111) revealed that they have a band gap of 2.50±0.02 eV, which is comparable to that of the parent chevron GNR. The phenyl functionalization leads to a shift of the band edges to lower energies, suggesting that it could be a useful tool for the GNR band structure engineering. We also investigated lateral fusion of the phenyl-modified GNRs and demonstrate that it could be used to engineer different kinds of atomically precise graphene nanopores. A similar functionalization approach could be potentially applied to other GNRs to affect their on-surface assembly, modify their electronic properties, and realize graphene nanopores with a variety of structures.},
doi = {10.1021/acsnano.8b04489},
journal = {ACS Nano},
number = 8,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {8}
}
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