One-dimensional confinement and width-dependent bandgap formation in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

Here, the authors investigate armchair graphene nanoribbons by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, and show the development of a width-dependent semiconducting gap driven by quantum confinement effects, and an ideal one-dimensional electronic behaviour.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hrag Karakachian, T. T. Nhung Nguyen, Johannes Aprojanz, Alexei A. Zakharov, Rositsa Yakimova, Philipp Rosenzweig, Craig M. Polley, Thiagarajan Balasubramanian, Christoph Tegenkamp, Stephen R. Power, Ulrich Starke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19051-x