Graphene nanoribbons synthesized from molecular precursor polymerization on Au(110)

Lorenzo Massimi, Oualid Ourdjini, Emanuele Cavaliere, Luca Gavioli, Ada Della Pia, Carlo Mariani, Maria Grazia Betti

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Abstract

A spectroscopic study of 10,10-dibromo-9,9 bianthracene (DBBA) molecules deposited on the Au(110) surface is presented, by means of ultraviolet and X-ray photoemission, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Through a thermally acti- vated procedure, these molecular precursors polymerize and eventually form graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with atomically controlled shape and width, very important building blocks for several technological applications. The GNRs observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) appear as short segments on top of the gold surface reconstruction, pointing out the delicate balance among surface diffusion and surface corrugation in their synthesis on the Au(110) surface.
Lingua originaleEnglish
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteAIP Conference Proceedings 1667
EditorLuciana Dini, Daniele Passeri and Maria Letizia Terranova Marco Rossi
Pagine020002-020007
Numero di pagine6
Volume1667
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015

Keywords

  • Gold surface
  • Graphene nanoribbon
  • Molecular precursor
  • Polymerization
  • X-ray spectroscopy

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