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- Title
Facile synthesis of high-quality graphene nanoribbons.
- Authors
Liying Jiao; Xinran Wang; Diankov, Georgi; Hailiang Wang; Hongjie Dai
- Abstract
Graphene nanoribbons have attracted attention because of their novel electronic and spin transport properties, and also because nanoribbons less than 10 nm wide have a bandgap that can be used to make field-effect transistors. However, producing nanoribbons of very high quality, or in high volumes, remains a challenge. Here, we show that pristine few-layer nanoribbons can be produced by unzipping mildly gas-phase oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes using mechanical sonication in an organic solvent. The nanoribbons are of very high quality, with smooth edges (as seen by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy), low ratios of disorder to graphitic Raman bands, and the highest electrical conductance and mobility reported so far (up to 5e2/h and 1,500 cm2 V−1 s−1 for ribbons 10–20 nm in width). Furthermore, at low temperatures, the nanoribbons show phase-coherent transport and Fabry–Perot interference, suggesting minimal defects and edge roughness. The yield of nanoribbons is ∼2% of the starting raw nanotube soot material, significantly higher than previous methods capable of producing high-quality narrow nanoribbons. The relatively high-yield synthesis of pristine graphene nanoribbons will make these materials easily accessible for a wide range of fundamental and practical applications.
- Publication
Nature Nanotechnology, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 5, p321
- ISSN
1748-3387
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nnano.2010.54