• 文献标题:   Self-Assembled Borophene/Graphene Nanoribbon Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI QC, LIU XL, AKLILE EB, LI SW, HERSAM MC
  • 作者关键词:   bottomup synthesi, nanoelectronic, scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, electronically abrupt heterointerface
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00909 EA APR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Atomically thin metal-semiconductor heterojunctions are highly desirable for nanoelectronic applications. However, coherent lateral stitching of distinct two-dimensional (2D) materials has traditionally required interfacial lattice matching and compatible growth conditions, which remains challenging for most systems. On the other hand, these constraints are relaxed in 2D/1D mixed-dimensional lateral heterostructures due to the increased structural degree of freedom. Here, we report the self-assembly of mixed-dimensional lateral heterostructures consisting of 2D metallic borophene and 1D semiconducting armchair-oriented graphene nanoribbons (aGNRs). With the sequential ultrahigh vacuum deposition of boron and 4,4 ''-dibromo-p-terphenyl as precursors on Ag(1 1 1) substrates, an on-surface polymerization process is systematically studied and refined including the transition from monomers to organometallic intermediates and finally demetallization that results in borophene/aGNR lateral heterostructures. High-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy resolve the structurally and electronically abrupt interfaces in borophene/aGNR heterojunctions, thus providing insight that will inform ongoing efforts in pursuit of atomically precise nanoelectronics.