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SUBMITTER: Jacobberger RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918381 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20150810
Graphene can be transformed from a semimetal into a semiconductor if it is confined into nanoribbons narrower than 10 nm with controlled crystallographic orientation and well-defined armchair edges. However, the scalable synthesis of nanoribbons with this precision directly on insulating or semiconducting substrates has not been possible. Here we demonstrate the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons on Ge(001) via chemical vapour deposition. The nanoribbons are self-aligning 3° from the Ge〈110〉 dire ...[more]