One-dimensional confinement and width-dependent bandgap formation in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

oleh: Hrag Karakachian, T. T. Nhung Nguyen, Johannes Aprojanz, Alexei A. Zakharov, Rositsa Yakimova, Philipp Rosenzweig, Craig M. Polley, Thiagarajan Balasubramanian, Christoph Tegenkamp, Stephen R. Power, Ulrich Starke

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01

Deskripsi

Here, the authors investigate armchair graphene nanoribbons by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, and show the development of a width-dependent semiconducting gap driven by quantum confinement effects, and an ideal one-dimensional electronic behaviour.