• 文献标题:   Resolving Atomic Connectivity in Graphene Nanostructure Junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DIENEL T, KAWAI S, SODE H, FENG XL, MULLEN K, RUFFIEUX P, FASEL R, GRONING O
  • 作者关键词:   twodimensional material, graphene nanoribbon, noncontact atomic force microscopy, ncafm, scanning tunneling microscopy, tight binding
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Empa Swiss Fed Labs Mat Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01403
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We report on the structural characterization of junctions between atomically well-defined graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) by means of low-temperature, noncontact scanning probe microscopy. We show that the combination of simultaneously acquired frequency shift and tunneling current maps with tight binding (TB) simulations allows a comprehensive characterization of the atomic connectivity in the GNR junctions. The proposed approach can be generally applied to the investigation of graphene nanomaterials and their interconnections and is thus expected to become an important tool in the development of graphene-based circuitry.