Oriented graphene nanoribbons embedded in hexagonal boron nitride trenches

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 14703 - 6
• Main Authors: Chen, Lingxiu, He, Li, Wang, Hui Shan, Wang, Haomin, Tang, Shujie, Cong, Chunxiao, Xie, Hong, Li, Lei, Xia, Hui, Li, Tianxin, Wu, Tianru, Zhang, Daoli, Deng, Lianwen, Yu, Ting, Xie, Xiaoming, Jiang, Mianheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.03.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/133; 639/301/1005/1007; 639/925/918/1052; 639/925/930/1032; 639/925/930/543; Benzene; Boron; Etching; Friction; Graphene; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Trenches; China; Singapore

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are ultra-narrow strips of graphene that have the potential to be used in high-performance graphene-based semiconductor electronics. However, controlled growth of GNRs on dielectric substrates remains a challenge. Here, we report the successful growth of GNRs directly on...