graphene nanoribbons – TechConnect Briefs

Inducing Aromaticity Patterns and Tuning the Electronic Transport of Graphene Nanoribbons via Edge Design

Fias S., Martin-Martinez F.J., Van Lier G., De Proft F., Geerlings P., Free University Brussels (VUB), BE

Tuning the band gap of graphene nanoribbons (GNR) by chemical edge functionalisation is a promising approach towards future electronic devices based on graphene. The band gap is closely related to the aromaticity distribution and therefore [...]

Chemical Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons

Hernández-Arriaga D., González-González F.J., Segura-Cárdenas E., Reyes-Reyes M., López-Sandoval R., Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, MX

Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have been the reason of studies since they were discovered in 1991 and now the new innovator material is Graphene. Geim and Novoselov achieved a single sheet of Graphene. The importance of [...]

Formation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Via the Interaction of Graphene Nanoribbons: ab initio Density Functional Calculations

Du A.J., Smith S.C., Lu G.Q., University of Queensland, AU

Recently, single graphite layers, referred to as Graphene nanoribbons (GNR) have been prepared experimentally by using conventional methods, such as cutting mechanically exfoloiated graphenes or by patterning epitaxially grown graphenes [1-2]. On the other hand, [...]