Diffusion-controlled on-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbon heterojunctions

Christoph Dobner; Gang Li; Mamun Sarker; Alexander Sinitskii; Axel Enders

doi:10.1039/d2ra01008a

Diffusion-controlled on-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbon heterojunctions

RSC Adv. 2022 Feb 25;12(11):6615-6618. doi: 10.1039/d2ra01008a. eCollection 2022 Feb 22.

Authors

Christoph Dobner¹, Gang Li², Mamun Sarker², Alexander Sinitskii^{2

3}, Axel Enders¹

Affiliations

¹ Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany christoph.dobner@uni-bayreuth.de.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA.
³ Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA.

Abstract

We report a new diffusion-controlled on-surface synthesis approach for graphene nanoribbons (GNR) consisting of two types of precursor molecules, which exploits distinct differences in the surface mobilities of the precursors. This approach is a step towards a more controlled fabrication of complex GNR heterostructures and should be applicable to the on-surface synthesis of a variety of GNR heterojunctions.