Graphene Nanoribbon, Made Bottom-up Without a Metal Substrate (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Graphene Nanoribbon, Made Bottom-up Without a Metal Substrate

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This graphene nanoribbon was made bottom-up from a molecular precursor. Nanoribbon width and edge effects influence electronic behavior.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; scanning tunneling microscopy by Chuanxu Ma and An-Ping Li

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