On-surface synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of laterally extended chevron graphene nanoribbons

Teeter, Jacob D.; Zahl, Percy; Mehdi Pour, Mohammad; Costa, Paulo S.; Enders, Axel; Sinitskii, Alexander

doi:10.1002/cphc.201900445

Title: On-surface synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of laterally extended chevron graphene nanoribbons

Journal Article · 11 June 2019 · ChemPhysChem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900445 · OSTI ID:1526689

Teeter, Jacob D. ^[1];

^[2]; Mehdi Pour, Mohammad ^[1]; Costa, Paulo S. ^[1]; Enders, Axel ^[3]; Sinitskii, Alexander ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany)

In this work, we introduce on-surface synthesis and spectroscopic study of laterally extended chevron graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and compare them with the established chevron GNRs, emphasizing the consistency of bandgap reduction of semiconducting GNRs with increased width. The extended chevron GNRs grown on Au(111) exhibit a bandgap of about 2.2 eV, which is considerably smaller than the values reported for chevron GNRs in similar studies.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; CHE-1455330; N00014-16-1-2899

OSTI ID:: 1526689

Report Number(s):: BNL-211775-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: ChemPhysChem, Vol. 20, Issue 18; ISSN 1439-4235

Publisher:: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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