• 文献标题:   Tuning the morphology of chevron-type graphene nanoribbons by choice of annealing temperature
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CAO Y, QI J, ZHANG YF, HUANG L, ZHENG Q, LIN X, CHENG ZH, ZHANG YY, FENG XL, DU SX, PANTELIDES ST, GAO HJ
  • 作者关键词:   chevrontype graphene nanoribbon, cs bond cleavage, negative differential resistance, scanning tunneling, microscopy stm, noncontact atomic force microscopy ncafm, firstprinciples calculation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-018-2136-3
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Bottom-up synthesis of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) by surface-assisted polymerization and cyclodehydrogenation of specifically designed precursor monomers has been shown to yield precise edges and doping. Here we use a precursor monomer containing sulfur atoms to fabricate nanostructures on a Au(111) surface at different annealing temperatures. The nanostructures have distinct configurations, varying from sulfur-doped polymers to sulfur-doped chevron-type GNRs (CGNRs) and, finally, pristine graphene nanoribbons with specific edges of periodic five-member carbon rings. Non-contact atomic force microscopy provides clear evidence for the cleavage of C-S bonds and formation of pristine CGNRs at elevated annealing temperatures. First-principles calculations show that the CGNRs exhibit negative differential resistance.