Long and narrow, free of defects, and soluble: graphene nanoribbons by bottom-up synthesis
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic components based on graphene could render our current silicon-based electronics obsolete. Graphene, a more recently discovered form of carbon, consists of two-dimensional sheets of aromatic six-membered carbon rings in a honeycomb arrangement. In contrast to extended graphene layers, narrow graphene nanoribbons have semiconducting properties and could thus be candidates for electronic applications.
