• 文献标题:   Magnetism in Nonplanar Zigzag Edge Termini of Graphene Nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   XU XS, SUN KW, ISHIKAWA A, NARITA A, KAWAI S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, onsurface synthesi, scanning tunneling microscopy, spin polarization, zigzag termini
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.202302534 EA APR 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and nanographenes synthesized by on-surface reactions using tailor-made molecular precursors offer an ideal playground for a study of magnetism towards nano-spintronics. Although the zigzag edge of GNRs has been known to host magnetism, the underlying metal substrates usually veil the edge-induced Kondo effect. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of unprecedented, p-extended 7-armchair GNRs using 7-bromo-12-(10-bromoanthracen-9-yl)tetraphene as the precursor. Characterization by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy revealed unique rearrangement reactions leading to pentagon- or pentagon/heptagon-incorporated, nonplanar zigzag termini, which demonstrated Kondo resonances even on bare Au(111). Density functional theory calculations indicate that the nonplanar structure significantly reduces the interaction between the zigzag terminus and the Au(111) surface, leading to a recovery of the spin localization of the zigzag edge. Such a distortion of planar GNR structures offers a degree of freedom to control the magnetism on metal substrates.