Chemically isolated graphene nanoribbons reversibly formed in fluorographene using polymer nanowire masks

Nano Lett. 2011 Dec 14;11(12):5461-4. doi: 10.1021/nl203225w. Epub 2011 Nov 11.

Abstract

We demonstrated the fabrication of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as narrow as 35 nm created using scanning probe lithography to deposit a polymer mask(1-3) and then fluorinating the sample to isolate the masked graphene from the surrounding wide band gap fluorographene. The polymer protected the GNR from atmospheric adsorbates while the adjacent fluorographene stably p-doped the GNRs which had electron mobilities of ∼2700 cm2/(V·s). Chemical isolation of the GNR enabled resetting the device to nearly pristine graphene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.