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Title: Five-Membered Rings Create Off-Zero Modes in Nanographene

Journal Article · · ACS Nano

The low-energy electronic structure of nanographenes can be tuned through zero-energy π-electron states, typically referred to as zero-modes. Customizable electronic and magnetic structures have been engineered by coupling zero-modes through exchange and hybridization interactions. Manipulation of the energy of such states, however, has not yet received significant attention. We find that attaching a five-membered ring to a zigzag edge hosting a zero-mode perturbs the energy of that mode and turns it into an off-zero mode: a localized state with a distinctive electron-accepting character. Whereas the end states of typical 7- atom-wide armchair graphene nanoribbons (7-AGNRs) lose their electrons when physisorbed on Au(111) (due to its high work function), converting them into off-zero modes by introducing cyclopentadienyl five-membered rings allows them to retain their single-electron occupation. This approach enables the magnetic properties of 7-AGNR end states to be explored using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) on a gold substrate. We find a gradual decrease of the magnetic coupling between offzero mode end states as a function of GNR length, and evolution from a more closed-shell to a more open-shell ground state.

Research Organization:
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0023105; AC02-05-CH11231; N00014-19-1-2503; N00014-19-1-2596; CHE-2204252; 172543
OSTI ID:
2228544
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2263358
Journal Information:
ACS Nano, Vol. 17, Issue 24; ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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