Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic structures with high tunability of physical structures.
However, the fabrication feasibility of artificially tuned GNRs intrinsically associated with their external properties brings considerable challenges in the synthesis of GNRs and their utilization in devices.
Now, a research team led by Prof. Song Fei from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported a novel approach to precisely fabricate well-defined GNRs with the tailored pentagon carbon embedded inside and supported on the Ag(111) model catalyst.
The results were published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters on May 25.
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