Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons: interplay of structural and electronic properties

RSK Houtsma, J de la Rie, M Stöhr - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanoribbons hold great promise for future applications in nanoelectronic devices,
as they may combine the excellent electronic properties of graphene with the opening of an …

On‐Surface Reactions

R Lindner, A Kühnle - ChemPhysChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
On‐surface synthesis constitutes a rapidly growing field of research due to its promising
application for creating stable molecular structures on surfaces. While self‐assembled …

From graphene nanoribbons on Cu (111) to nanographene on Cu (110): critical role of substrate structure in the bottom-up fabrication strategy

KA Simonov, NA Vinogradov, AS Vinogradov… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bottom-up strategies can be effectively implemented for the fabrication of atomically precise
graphene nanoribbons. Recently, using 10, 10′-dibromo-9, 9′-bianthracene (DBBA) as a …

Gap opening in double-sided highly hydrogenated free-standing graphene

MG Betti, E Placidi, C Izzo, E Blundo, A Polimeni… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conversion of free-standing graphene into pure graphane─ where each C atom is sp3
bound to a hydrogen atom─ has not been achieved so far, in spite of numerous …

Controllable conversion of quasi-freestanding polymer chains to graphene nanoribbons

C Ma, Z **ao, H Zhang, L Liang, J Huang, W Lu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In the bottom-up synthesis of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) from self-assembled linear
polymer intermediates, surface-assisted cyclodehydrogenations usually take place on …

Synthesis of armchair graphene nanoribbons from the 10, 10′-dibromo-9, 9′-bianthracene molecules on Ag (111): the role of organometallic intermediates

KA Simonov, AV Generalov, AS Vinogradov… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
We investigate the bottom-up growth of N= 7 armchair graphene nanoribbons (7-AGNRs)
from the 10, 10′-dibromo-9, 9′-bianthracene (DBBA) molecules on Ag (111) with the …

Stabilizing edge fluorination in graphene nanoribbons

M Panighel, S Quiroga, P Brandimarte, C Moreno… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The on-surface synthesis of edge-functionalized graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) is
challenged by the stability of the functional groups throughout the thermal reaction steps of …

On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons: Photoelectron Spectroscopy Reveals Impact of Substrate Reactivity

Y Wang, Y Zhang, L Zhang, Q Wang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) show favorable electronic and optical properties due to their
excellent stability at ambient conditions and are suitable materials for nanoscale electronic …

Critical role of phenyl substitution and catalytic substrate in the surface-assisted polymerization of dibromobianthracene derivatives

C Moreno, M Panighel, M Vilas-Varela… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Understanding the nature and hierarchy of on-surface reactions is a major challenge for
designing coordination and covalent nanostructures by means of multistep synthetic routes …

Aryl radical geometry determines nanographene formation on Au (111)

PH Jacobse, A van den Hoogenband… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Ullmann coupling has been used extensively as a synthetic tool for the formation of C−
C bonds on surfaces. Thus far, most syntheses made use of aryl bromides or aryl iodides …