• 文献标题:   Facile synthesis of high-quality graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIAO LY, WANG XR, DIANKOV G, WANG HL, DAI HJ
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1748-3387
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stanford Univ
  • 被引频次:   541
  • DOI:   10.1038/NNANO.2010.54
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons have attracted attention because of their novel electronic and spin transport properties(1-6), and also because nanoribbons less than 10 nm wide have a bandgap that can be used to make field-effect transistors(1-3). However, producing nanoribbons of very high quality, or in high volumes, remains a challenge(14-18). Here, we show that pristine few-layer nanoribbons can be produced by unzipping mildly gas-phase oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes using mechanical sonication in an organic solvent. The nanoribbons are of very high quality, with smooth edges (as seen by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy), low ratios of disorder to graphitic Raman bands, and the highest electrical conductance and mobility reported so far (up to 5e(2)/h and 1,500 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) for ribbons 10-20 nm in width). Furthermore, at low temperatures, the nanoribbons show phase-coherent transport and Fabry-Perot interference, suggesting minimal defects and edge roughness. The yield of nanoribbons is similar to 2% of the starting raw nanotube soot material, significantly higher than previous methods capable of producing high-quality narrow nanoribbons(1). The relatively high-yield synthesis of pristine graphene nanoribbons will make these materials easily accessible for a wide range of fundamental and practical applications.