• 文献标题:   Direct writing of heterostructures in single atomically precise graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA CX, XIAO ZC, HUANG JS, LIANG LB, LU WC, HONG KL, SUMPTER BG, BERNHOLC J, LI AP
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2475-9953
  • 通讯作者地址:   North Carolina State Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.016001
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Precision control of interfacial structures and electronic properties is the key to the realization of functional heterostructures. Here, utilizing the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) both as a manipulation and characterization tool, we demonstrate the fabrication of a heterostructure in a single atomically precise graphene nanoribbon (GNR) and report its electronic properties. The heterostructure is made of a seven-carbon-wide armchair GNR and a lower band gap intermediate ribbon synthesized bottom-up from a molecular precursor on an Au substrate. The short GNR segments are directly written in the ribbon with a STM tip to form atomic precision intraribbon heterostructures. Based on STM studies combined with density functional theory calculations, we show that the heterostructure has a type-I band alignment, with manifestations of quantum confinement and orbital hybridization. Our finding demonstrates a feasible strategy to create a double-barrier quantum dot structure with atomic precision for functionalities, such as negative differential resistance devices in GNR-based nanoelectronics.