• 文献标题:   Massive Dirac Fermion Behavior in a Low Bandgap Graphene Nanoribbon Near a Topological Phase Boundary
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUN Q, GRONING O, OVERBECK J, BRAUN O, PERRIN ML, BARIN GB, EL ABBASSI M, EIMRE K, DITLER E, DANIELS C, MEUNIER V, PIGNEDOLI CA, CALAME M, FASEL R, RUFFIEUX P
  • 作者关键词:   electronic structure, graphene nanoribbon, scanning tunneling microscopy spectroscopy, topological material
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Empa
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.201906054 EA FEB 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much interest due to their largely modifiable electronic properties. Manifestation of these properties requires atomically precise GNRs which can be achieved through a bottom-up synthesis approach. This has recently been applied to the synthesis of width-modulated GNRs hosting topological electronic quantum phases, with valence electronic properties that are well captured by the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model describing a 1D chain of interacting dimers. Here, ultralow bandgap GNRs with charge carriers behaving as massive Dirac fermions can be realized when their valence electrons represent an SSH chain close to the topological phase boundary, i.e., when the intra- and interdimer coupling become approximately equal. Such a system has been achieved via on-surface synthesis based on readily available pyrene-based precursors and the resulting GNRs are characterized by scanning probe methods. The pyrene-based GNRs (pGNRs) can be processed under ambient conditions and incorporated as the active material in a field effect transistor. A quasi-metallic transport behavior is observed at room temperature, whereas at low temperature, the pGNRs behave as quantum dots showing single-electron tunneling and Coulomb blockade. This study may enable the realization of devices based on carbon nanomaterials with exotic quantum properties.