Inducing metallicity in graphene nanoribbons via zero-mode superlattices
Abstract
In its usual two-dimensional form, graphene does not have an energy gap in its electronic structure. However, one-dimensional ribbons made of the material are semiconducting and making them metallic is tricky. Rizzo et al. developed a strategy for synthesizing metallic graphene nanoribbons and demonstrated their metallicity using scanning tunneling spectroscopy. These metallic graphene nanoribbons may be useful for exploring exotic quantum phases in a single dimension.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 25, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aay3588
Entities
People
- Christopher Bronner
- Daniel J Rizzo
- F R Fischer
- Gregory Veber
- Jingwei Jiang
- Michael F. Crommie
- Ryan McCurdy
- Steven G Louie
- Ting Cao
- Ting Chen
Organizations
- Columbia University
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Office of Naval Research
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Washington
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry