Novel approach to fabricating artificial graphene nanoribbons with embedded pentagon carbon
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic structures with high tunability of physical structures.
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic structures with high tunability of physical structures.
Nanomaterials
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Scientists have been able to demonstrate that graphene nanostructures can be generated by annealing of a nanostructured silicon carbide crystal for a few years. "These two-dimensional, spatially strongly restricted carbon ...
Nanophysics
Apr 19, 2021
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Graphene's unique 2-D structure means that electrons travel through it differently than in most other materials. One consequence of this unique transport is that applying a voltage doesn't stop the electrons like it does ...
Nanophysics
Jun 29, 2020
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New materials are needed to further reduce the size of electronic components and thus make devices such as laptops and smartphones faster and more efficient. Tiny nanostructures of the novel material graphene are promising ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 3, 2019
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In order to understand advanced materials like graphene nanostructures and optimize them for devices in nano-, opto- and quantum-technology it is crucial to understand how phonons—the vibration of atoms in solids—influence ...
Nanophysics
Aug 12, 2019
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Graphene monolayers can be epitaxially grown on many single-crystal metal surfaces under ultra-high vacuum. On one side, these monolayers protect highly reactive metallic surfaces from contaminants, but on the other side, ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2018
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Scientists from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory—have dramatically improved the response of graphene to ...
Nanophysics
Nov 13, 2018
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Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with ICFO and Graphenea, have demonstrated how infrared light can be captured by nanostructures made of graphene. This happens when light couples to charge oscillations in the ...
Nanophysics
Mar 22, 2016
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Researchers have proposed an efficient and stable dual-phase lithium metal anode for Li-S batteries, containing polysulfide-induced solid electrolyte interphase and nanostructured graphene framework at Tsinghua University, ...
Nanophysics
Jun 23, 2015
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A new procedure will enable researchers to fabricate smaller, faster, and more powerful nanoscale devices ─ and do so with molecular control and precision. Using a single layer of carbon atoms, or graphene, nanoengineers ...
Nanomaterials
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