Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to 'on-off' states for graphene
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 11:51
in Physics & Chemistry
A new way to grow narrow ribbons of graphene, a lightweight and strong structure of single-atom-thick carbon atoms linked into hexagons, may address a shortcoming that has prevented the material from achieving its full potential in electronic applications. Graphene nanoribbons, mere billionths of a meter wide, exhibit different electronic properties than two-dimensional sheets of the material.