• 文献标题:   Towards chirality control of graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   WANG HS, CHEN LX, ELIBOL K, HE L, WANG HM, CHEN C, JIANG CX, LI C, WU TR, CONG CX, PENNYCOOK TJ, ARGENTERO G, ZHANG DL, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, WEI WY, YUAN QH, MEYER JC, XIE XM
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1476-1122 EI 1476-4660
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41563-020-00806-2 EA SEP 2020
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▎ 摘  要

Oriented trenches are created in h-BN using different catalysts, and used as templates to grow seamlessly integrated armchair and zigzag graphene nanoribbons with chirality-dependent electrical and magnetic conductance properties. The integrated in-plane growth of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) could provide a promising route to achieve integrated circuitry of atomic thickness. However, fabrication of edge-specific GNRs in the lattice of h-BN still remains a significant challenge. Here we developed a two-step growth method and successfully achieved sub-5-nm-wide zigzag and armchair GNRs embedded in h-BN. Further transport measurements reveal that the sub-7-nm-wide zigzag GNRs exhibit openings of the bandgap inversely proportional to their width, while narrow armchair GNRs exhibit some fluctuation in the bandgap-width relationship. An obvious conductance peak is observed in the transfer curves of 8- to 10-nm-wide zigzag GNRs, while it is absent in most armchair GNRs. Zigzag GNRs exhibit a small magnetic conductance, while armchair GNRs have much higher magnetic conductance values. This integrated lateral growth of edge-specific GNRs in h-BN provides a promising route to achieve intricate nanoscale circuits.