Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Graphene Nanoribbons: Access to Submicron Architectures with Long-Range Order and Uniform Orientation

Yin, Jiangliang; Wang, Hanfei; Pyle, Daniel; Choi, Shinyoung; Liu, Yuzi; Wen, Jianguo; Guest, Jeffrey R.; Lyding, Joseph W.; Dong, Guangbin

doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c12313

Title: Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Graphene Nanoribbons: Access to Submicron Architectures with Long-Range Order and Uniform Orientation

Journal Article · Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 UTC 2025 · ACS Nano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c12313 · OSTI ID:2568962

Yin, Jiangliang ^[1]; Wang, Hanfei ^[2]; Pyle, Daniel ^[1]; Choi, Shinyoung ^[1];

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Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)

Fabricating organic semiconducting materials into large-scale well-organized architectures is critical for building high performance molecular electronics. While graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) hold enormous promise for various device applications, their assembly into a well-structured monolayer or multilayer architecture poses a substantial challenge. Here we report the preparation of length-defined monodisperse GNRs via the integrated iterative binomial synthesis (IIBS) strategy and their self-assembly into submicron-architectures with long-range order, uniform orientation as well as regular layers. Further, the use of short alkyl side chains benefits forming stable multi-layers through interlocking structures. By changing the length and backbone shapes of these monodisperse GNRs, various three-dimensional assemblies including multilayer stripes, monolayer stripes, and nanowires, can be achieved, leading to different photophysical properties and band gaps. The discovery of these intriguing self-assembly behaviors of length-defined GNRs is expected to open the door for various future applications.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2568962

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 19; ISSN 1936-086X; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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