Depositing Molecular Graphene Nanoribbons on Ag(111) by Electrospray Controlled Ion Beam Deposition: Self-Assembly and On-Surface Transformations

The chemical processing of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures is crucial for their integration in future devices. Here we apply a new methodology in atomically precise engineering by combining multistep solution synthesis of N-doped molecular graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with mass-selected ultra-h...

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Autores: Ran, Wei, Walz, Andreas, Stoiber, Karolina, Knecht, Peter, Xu, Hongxiang, Papageorgiou, Anthoula C., Huettig, Annette, Cortizo Lacalle, Diego, Mora Fuentes, Juan Pedro, Mateo Alonso, Aurelio, Schlichting, Hartmut, Reichert, Joachim
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/57801
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/57801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:electrospray deposition
graphene nanoribbons
scanning tunnelling microscopy
ultra-high vacuum
on-surface synthesis
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Sumario:The chemical processing of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures is crucial for their integration in future devices. Here we apply a new methodology in atomically precise engineering by combining multistep solution synthesis of N-doped molecular graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with mass-selected ultra-high vacuum electrospray controlled ion beam deposition on surfaces and real-space visualisation by scanning tunnelling microscopy. We demonstrate how this method yields solely a controllable amount of single, otherwise unsublimable, GNRs of 2.9 nm length on a planar Ag(111) surface. This methodology allows for further processing by employing on-surface synthesis protocols and exploiting the reactivity of the substrate. Following multiple chemical transformations, the GNRs provide reactive building blocks to form extended, metal-organic coordination polymers.