On-surface Synthesis of a Chiral Graphene Nanoribbon with Mixed Edge Structure

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Contributors

  • Ashok Keerthi - , University of Manchester (Author)
  • Carlos Sánchez-Sánchez - , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Spanish National Research Council (Author)
  • Okan Deniz - , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) (Author)
  • Pascal Ruffieux - , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) (Author)
  • Dieter Schollmeyer - , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Author)
  • Xinliang Feng - , Chair of Molecular Functional Materials (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry), Chair of Molecular Functional Materials (cfaed) (Author)
  • Akimitsu Narita - , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Author)
  • Roman Fasel - , Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), University of Bern (Author)
  • Klaus Müllen - , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Author)

Abstract

Chiral graphene nanoribbons represent an important class of graphene nanomaterials with varying combinations of armchair and zigzag edges conferring them unique structure-dependent electronic properties. Here, we describe the on-surface synthesis of an unprecedented cove-edge chiral GNR with a benzo-fused backbone on a Au(111) surface using 2,6-dibromo-1,5-diphenylnaphthalene as precursor. The initial precursor self-assembly and the formation of the chiral GNRs upon annealing are revealed, along with a relatively small electronic bandgap of approximately 1.6 eV, by scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3807-3811
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - an Asian journal
Volume15
Issue number22
Publication statusPublished - 16 Nov 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 32955160

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Keywords

  • chiral edge, graphene nanoribbon, on-surface synthesis, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy